VaCollector
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- May 12, 2007
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Let's see if I can make a long story short ....maybe if I number each idea
#1 ~ My brother and I jointly own two pieces of waterfront real estate - a house and the lot next to it(gifted from my mother).
#2 ~ He currently lives in the house (rent free) and keeps things up - at least I hope he does as I have not seen the property since July 2006.
#3 ~ I [-]have paid[/-] am currently paying the insurance and the real estate taxes - approximately $5K a year.
#4 ~ We do not communicate AT ALL as we both seem to agree that we could NOT have come from the same household and set of parents ....I'm not really making this a short story, am I?
#5 ~ He is a law school grad whose felony conviction led him to "turn in" his CA law license rather than have it taken away....and to my knowledge, he doesn't have a license here (VA).....not sure if this is relevant other than to point out that he should (at the very least) have access to legal information much more readliy than I might.
#6 ~ I would like to sell the property....and yet even without communication, I feel certin that he would not....why would he??....free rent with nothing to pay but utilities....heck, sign ME up!!
There is a LOT more to the story but I think that the info provided should be enough to help you answer my questions:
Should I write him with my proposal to sell?....offer him the opportunity to buy me out? (not sure he has the funds or capability)....Has anyone ever filed a partition suit to force a real estate sale?....Anyone else had to deal with a [-]arrogant Mr. Know-It-All, can't believe that we're related, [/-] completely opposite sibling?
Suggestions please!! Hopefully someone here has had a similar previous experience....or maybe knows someone who has....anyone??
#1 ~ My brother and I jointly own two pieces of waterfront real estate - a house and the lot next to it(gifted from my mother).
#2 ~ He currently lives in the house (rent free) and keeps things up - at least I hope he does as I have not seen the property since July 2006.
#3 ~ I [-]have paid[/-] am currently paying the insurance and the real estate taxes - approximately $5K a year.
#4 ~ We do not communicate AT ALL as we both seem to agree that we could NOT have come from the same household and set of parents ....I'm not really making this a short story, am I?
#5 ~ He is a law school grad whose felony conviction led him to "turn in" his CA law license rather than have it taken away....and to my knowledge, he doesn't have a license here (VA).....not sure if this is relevant other than to point out that he should (at the very least) have access to legal information much more readliy than I might.
#6 ~ I would like to sell the property....and yet even without communication, I feel certin that he would not....why would he??....free rent with nothing to pay but utilities....heck, sign ME up!!
There is a LOT more to the story but I think that the info provided should be enough to help you answer my questions:
Should I write him with my proposal to sell?....offer him the opportunity to buy me out? (not sure he has the funds or capability)....Has anyone ever filed a partition suit to force a real estate sale?....Anyone else had to deal with a [-]arrogant Mr. Know-It-All, can't believe that we're related, [/-] completely opposite sibling?
Suggestions please!! Hopefully someone here has had a similar previous experience....or maybe knows someone who has....anyone??