[WSBARP] purchase of encumbered real property - income tax basis

[Rod Harmon]

This is one of those tax questions I ought to know the answer to, but I don't.
House-flipping client buys real property, paying the seller cash and taking the property encumbered by a mortgage.  What is his basis for income tax purposes?
Cash paid to seller plus balance due on mortgage at time of purchase?
Cash paid to seller?
If the latter, how does client account for the mortgage when he pays it off upon sale?

Rod Harmon

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From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com] On Behalf Of Rick Hoss
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:32 AM
To: 'WSBA Real Property Listserv' <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
Subject: Re: [WSBARP] Affirmative Defenses to Fraud and/or Negligent Misrepresentation

Hi Cat.
In neg misrep, the plaintiff must prove justifiable reliance. If a party to a contract is negligent to ascertain the truth of the other party's representations, that party's own negligence is a complete defense to the claim. See Condor Enterprises v. Boise Cascade, 71 Wash.App. 48, 53 (1993).
Restatement (Second) of Torts, Sec. 552A;  ESCA Corp v. KPGM Peat Marwick, 135 Wash.2d 820, 826 (1998).
Rick


From: wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com>> On Behalf Of Catherine Clark
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2019 1:09 PM
To: WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com<mailto:wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>>
Subject: [WSBARP] Affirmative Defenses to Fraud and/or Negligent Misrepresentation

Has anyone faced an "assumption of the risk" and "contributory negligence and/or comparative fault" affirmative defense when claiming fraud/negligent misrepresentation around a real estate transaction?

While I've been at this game "a while," I haven't seen that before.  Perhaps one of you has.  Your thoughts appreciated.

Thanks.

Catherine "Cat" Clark
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