My ex & I sold a rental property at a technical loss, but got back 21k cash. I gave him 6k to pay back the remainder of a 10k loan from his mother. How do I claim this?

  • We DO NOT qualify for exclusion bc we had not lived in the house for 3+ yrs. 
  • Original Price 45k + 2k for closing
  • We had a second loan of 10,000 from his mother for down payment. 
  • Made 10000 in improvements
  • I tried to rent out the property, but renters never paid and damaged the property. Cost me abt 3000 to repair. 
  • When sold for 52k - closing, I got 21K back.
  • I gave him 6,000 to pay back the rest of what we owed his mother. 
  • This is technically a loss, but no doubt my closing statement shows I received 21,000 because I had paid off a large amount of the house myself.

 How do I report this? Does he have to claim a portion as well?