The problematic statute mandates how much tax people pay when they sell a house. TAMPA - As Florida’s coffers shrink in the face of a dour economy, confusion over a tax statute threatens to choke the flow of home sales at a time when the state is struggling under the burden of millions of unsold properties. In typical transactions, the law is clear about paying taxes on the price of the property, but as lenders agree to more short sales - allowing troubled owners to sell homes for less than t The Difference Between a Bank Loan Officer and a Mortgage Broker