And…this is important. That $78,000 in equity innthat house is REQUIRED to be listed on your FAFSA. I just can’t imagine why you removed that. It is required. It’s a second home. And yes that would add about $5000 or so to your family contribution.
In an above post, you said removing the second house reduced your EFC per FAFSA from $20,000 to $11,000.
I just need to add…that on a $100,000 or so income…a $20,000 family contribution per FAFSA is about what I would expect.