Thanks for all your help with my questions so far. You have been great. Just to clarify a point, If my fiance buys house before we marry and I buy house after we marry from proceeds of my own house ( I want to buy to fix up as possible business) would both properties be regarded as seperate? thanks again.
Probably, but the fix up effort is probably going to cost you something, and unless you spend only money that's clearly separate, and only a LITTLE time, rather than considering this your occupation... well... the thing is, if you take time away from work to increase the value of your separate property, the court will probably find it equitable to give her part of the value of that work... unless of course you give the same falue to HER house.
You'll really have to keep good records on this one, though. Receipts & a spreadsheet for each house, to show that equal amounts of "joint" or "community" effort went into each separate place. And I'm not even going to address the fact that you'll probably have mortgages to pay on both places... not many people pay for their houses or investment properties outright... and ... well, if she buys a million dollar home with a five hundred thousand down payment, and you buy a hundred thousand dollare home with a fifty thousand dollar down payment... her mortgage might be like five thousane a month while yours is five hundred... That 5K per month that is paid for hers ends up being equitably called part yours, and the 500 that is spent on yours is equitably hers... and over time she's going to lose a TON of the value of hers... she stands to lose nearly half a million to you while you only stand to lose 50 K to her. It's not really fair if you are each thinking taht it's your own separate property, but if you are paying this much to support her property, of course you will understand why this happens.
My concern is that it looks like you and she are trying to keep stuff out of each other's hands, where you should be trying to figure out how to protect each other, join forces... you & she against the world. If you & she have nearly equal amounts of savings to put into your new house & investment, why don't you suggest taht rather than trying to keep it all seaprate and have to deal with calculating the amount of joint effort spent on each propert, you just pool your efforts and have one big fund to live on & invest with rather than spending so much time trying to keep it all separate.
If the value of your separate contributions to your separate property is about equal,
Wow, thats a truly fantastic reply. I can see exactly where you are coming from and to be honest, if that is the case then I am happy. All I ask for is fairness and that does sound reasonable. I very much appreciate the time and thought you put into that reply as well. I like that you talked striaght and said that we should be thinking as a team. Very wise words indeed. I now feel enlightened and comfortable enough to be able to do just that, as you have eased a niggling worry. I am from Scotland and dont know the local rules which is why I ask these questions. Everyone I have spoken too over here loves America and speaks very highly of the American people.You are well respected and Im delighted to share in that respect. Thanks again.
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