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One sister in the house, one brother in Oklahoma

A sister living in the house, a brother in Oklahoma, and years of disagreement between them about what should happen to it.

The house was full. Junk in every room, junk cars in the yard, old lawnmowers. We took all of it and paid for the removal.

There was also somebody living there who was not one of the heirs. Rather than leave that for the family to resolve, or allow it to quietly kill the sale, we paid him to relocate before closing.

The harder part was the disagreement itself. She wanted to be compensated for repairs she had made over the years, and here is the uncomfortable truth in that: much of it was maintenance — the kind of work that stops a house getting worse without adding anything a buyer would pay extra for. So the amount she felt she was owed and the amount the house was worth because of it were two different numbers, and her brother was never going to make up the difference.

A cash offer settled it, because it produced one number and one date. They were dividing a specific sum on a specific day, instead of arguing about the value of work that nobody could measure.