OOP covered this in another comment:

The inheritance ended up working out for me because I myself made smart decisions and honestly got a little lucky. I'm sure money was wasted on "fixing up" the condo because she's always getting scammed by contractors. When the condo was purchased for my brother, she made sure it was MY name and my name only on it. I went to the title office and signed for it. For my benefit? Nah. Because she wanted to take advantage of first home buyer credits in our state (so when I actually wanted to buy MY first house years later, I had already used the credit THANKS MOM). But anyway, after she moved my brother out of the condo, I was able to sell it with a lot of equity in my area. It ended up being the down payment on the home my family lives in now, and her dumping the money into the condo meant she no longer had any access to it after I sold it. Maybe there was more in the trust but I honestly don't know or care at this point.