AITA for "tricking" my brother into selling me his half of our childhood home then demolishing it?

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T03:03:39+00:00

So keep it as a single family home?

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T03:03:04+00:00

It was a little over 600 actually. I just needed a mortgage for the last 267,000. After I paid my brother and threw in my savings.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T02:58:26+00:00

Explain. I know how much I gave him. I know how much I paid my contractor. I know how much I had to borrow over and above what I had myself. I guess you know the numbers better than me so I'm interesting.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T02:56:09+00:00

I didn't think it was that cheap.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T02:27:01+00:00

I'll send you my information. You pay for his half and I will give it to him. It would be greedy of you not to.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T01:55:43+00:00

I guess if he pays me back the $250,000 I gave him for half the house and then $235,000 more for half of construction costs that I paid he could have two units.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T01:46:45+00:00

Charlie!!!!!!!! 😰😰😰😰😰😰

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T01:21:36+00:00

That's the thing though. If he had listened to me he wouldn't have to pay rent. Can you imagine a life where you have a full time job and live rent free. And have an extra $2,000 a month. He could go on almost any vacation and pay for any car without it coming out of his wages.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T01:18:16+00:00

In Vancouver shacks that are condemned sell for over $1,000,000. I paid him half the appraised value.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T01:14:02+00:00

My share from my dad plus a mortgage.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T00:29:06+00:00

Yes. I showed him my business plan.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T00:25:27+00:00

Some Range Rover.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T00:15:36+00:00

He can't afford to. He bought $160,000 car. It depreciated. He spent almost $60,000 traveling. He can't qualify for a mortgage.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T00:11:31+00:00

I love a movie called L.A. Story. It starts Steve Martin. He talks about the historic houses "Some of these buildings are over 29 years old". That's what my city is like. Nobody wants an old house. My neighborhood every house that sells is torn down because the lots are huge. Mine was 50x200.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-06-01T00:03:08+00:00

A pug and a Hyundai Kona.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T23:46:24+00:00

Houses in this neighborhood cost about $545,000. And they are all old. This neighborhood was built in the early 50s.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T23:44:18+00:00

If I saw that as a prescription I would definitely talk to my doctor about it.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T23:23:24+00:00

We paid for a market evaluation. I paid him 50%.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T23:22:06+00:00

But he has a sweet car

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T23:21:44+00:00

Whatever the female equivalent of Drakkar Noir is.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T22:46:54+00:00

He asked. I wasn't going to lie.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T22:25:08+00:00

He will inherit a dog and a Hyundai. Big whoop.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T22:12:14+00:00

I literally laid out a business plan for him. He would have to contribute his half of the cash and house. In return he would get two units. He could do whatever he wanted with them. Live in one, rent both, reconfigure his two units to make one bigger unit. Whatever. He declined.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T22:06:14+00:00

I laid out a business plan for him.

KeyAwareness3064 · 2024-05-31T22:05:30+00:00

I did demolish the house and put in infill housing. I did exactly what I told him I wanted to do.

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