Brother cheats siblings out of their fair share of parents' $300,000+ condo: 'Just give it to me!'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Apr 9, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

What were these parents thinking? Entrusting one of your children, who has proven to have no ability to be fair or objective, to be in charge of the upkeep and selling of their condominium might be one of the most ill-fated decisions a parent could make. It's as if they were testing their fully grown children and asking them to turn on one another. In other words, this is surely something Logan Roy from Succession would have done. 

Unfortunately, it just seems that these people were not trying to be diabolical, but they certainly showed way too much faith in their son, who clearly did not deserve it…

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  • This brother was schooled in the comments section by folks who had far better ideas for handling his parents' condo in a fair and equitable manner for both him and his siblings. We're of the opinion that the best course of action here is to inform the parents, who are alive and well, that they need to put this condo in their will and have it handled by an objective third party. Otherwise, these siblings are bound to turn on one another any day now. 

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    My parents bought a condo in South Carolina years ago for about $100,000. It's worth at least three times that now, maybe more. They're older now and living in a retirement home, and keeping up the condo has become too much for them.
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    I stepped in and offered to take over the mortgage and handle everything going forward- mortgage payments, maintenance, property taxes, etc. There's about $29,000 left on the mortgage.
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    At some point down the line, I might sell the condo. To keep things fair, I told my siblings that when I do, I'll give them their share of what the condo is worth today. The current market value.
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    That way they still get something out of it, even though they're not paying the mortgage or doing any upkeep.
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    Now my family's acting like this is somehow unfair. I don't really get it-I'm the one covering all the costs and making sure the place doesn't fall apart, and I'm still giving them a chunk of what it's
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    worth now, even though they won't pay any bills going forward. My family suggested I buy it for a bit less than market value but I don't have that money.
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    I just thought I was doing the responsible thing and keeping it in the family while also making sure my siblings still benefit. AITA?
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    EDIT: Hi everyone, thank you for your input. There are too many comments to reply to, but just to clarify some questions I'm seeing, this is the offer I made to my family. Nothing has been done yet. Our parents are the owners of the condo still, yes.
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    Gladtobealive2020 3h ago . It is worth approx 300K now and there is only 29K remaining on the mortgage, When you sell the condo why wouldnt you split based on
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  • Here are some of the reactions from members of the online community, who generally seem to be in agreement that there is nothing like inheritance to tear siblings apart.

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    Sell price minus 29K you paid (which you get off the top) minus tax and other upkeep (which you would get off the top) minus the realtor fee
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    29K is only about 10% of the total value and you coming in at the end and paying 10% in mortgage expense plus maybe another 10K in other expenses does not mean you should get the bulk of the money from the sale
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    The fairer solution would be to take your expenses from the sale so you would take approx 39K out of a 300 sale price leaving 261K in equity. Then all siblings should share the expense of realtor fee. For 300K house,
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    6% would be 18,000 paid to realtor at the time of closing,.just like you would be paid appropriately 39K at the time of closing, then the remainder should be split 3 ways.
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    300,000 -39K (to you for expenses) • 18K (realtor fee) 300,000 57K = 243K - Assuming there are 3 kids. from your parents
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    243K/3 would be 81K to each child You would receive 81K plus 29K mortgage plus approx 10K (or whatever actual expenses are)
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    So you would get 1/3 of the sale plus the full amount you paid for mortgage and other expenses so approx 120 vs 81K for your siblings
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    WoodyForestt • 4h ago YTA. Your parents should just sell the condo and then have their wills day when they di you kids split their money (unless they want to disinherit someone).
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    This is an asset currently worth at least $271,000 by your estimation. You saying "Hey, just give it to me" is icky.
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    This is the sort of thing that drives a wedge between siblings and they can end up never speaking to each other again after the parents di.
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    Help your parents sell it to the highest bidder. It's their condo and their money.
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