Fair Market Value is less than Cost Basis

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I have a client who inherited a condo from his grandmother who passed away. In 2018, the condo was purchased for 50K. In March '22 the client inherited the condo. He did not have a valuation done. I had a realtor friend pull a comp report and condos of similar size and shape sold for 35K between October '21 and May '22.

Since the FMV is less than the cost basis, is FMV still the determining factor? Kind of stinks in this situation.
 

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FMV on date of death. Doesn't matter if the adjustment is up or down.
~Captcook
 

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It seems odd that the value would drop so much.
You may want to get a more formal value opinion or do your own research.
Steve
 

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In general, at least in the Metro Detroit area, condo appreciation has been much less than single family homes. I suspect that would not be the case in highly dense, prime areas such as NYC or San Francisco.
 


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