Am I right to want rent from my sister living in the house left to us both?
Regarding: Rent from sister in jointly owned house
I'm so sad to hear of your plight.
It would be nice if the two of you were in contact and could agree on a fair solution, but there are many unknown factors/variables. For example, who pays the taxes, utilities and insurance? Do you have plans to live or vacation there, ever? could you alternate times there in a fair manner? Would you agree for her to purchase it from you? If so, perhaps she could sell one of her condos and buy out your half of the resort cabin at fair market value? Unfortunately, it's a buyer's market at this time, so that may understandably not be agreeable to you.
Since there are so many variables, and you and your sister are not close, you may have to hire an attorney to advise you of the options and reasonable solutions available to you.
When my grandmother died, 37 years ago, she had already given property and homes to her other children, and she left her house and all its furnishings to my Mom. However, my aunt totally cleaned out the house of all the furniture and other items, gave it to her children, so my mother received nothing but the house and land. My Mother eventually sold the home and property (very cheaply) to her sister's daughter, when she and her husband retired, so they could move next door to her mother.
When they tore down the "old home-place," as we called it, and razed the land to build an in-ground swimming pool, they chopped down some huge old cedar trees into logs to use as firewood. I took a small piece of the cedar as a momento of my childhood, and it has sat on my dresser, ever since, as a reminder of the happy days of my youth, spending time with my beloved grandmother.
My mom never had words with my aunt, because she didn't want to be alienated from her (although they don't get along well enough to spend more than a few hours together), but she does feel resentment about her sister taking all the furnishings and occasionally brings it up to my sisters and me. This hurt my Mom so badly, that she still resents her sister, even today. They, too, were never close and something between them often prickles!
Good luck to you in obtaining a peaceful and happy solution.
