Ok, so where to start. I’m currently living in a duplex with my Uncle John, the second oldest of three brothers, who has been barely paying rent for 30 years living there. The house has been in my dads name for about 10 years now when the house was passed down to him from his brother Vic, the oldest of the three. The house has been in the family since the 40’s, and when my Uncle Vic got a hold of it, he agreed to let his brother, John rent out the top unit. John has been there so long now on very underpriced rent, he has believed the house has become his. Because my Uncle Vic had gotten tired of the BS, my dad had taken it over thinking he was saving a family gem. But now of course 10 years later since my dad has been taking on the taxes and other expenses and still losing money to the house due to my Uncle living there, he also has gotten fed up and wants to get rid of it. The house has been very very neglected for quite some time now, consequences of having a bad tenant who is also family, and needs to be most likely torn down or a complete new rehab. Me listening to bigger pockets for a couple years now thought this would be a great opportunity to house hack so everybody wins. So I talked to my dad and moved out of my apartment and into the house August 2019. I quickly realized I’m taking on way more than I can chew, starting with trying to get my uncle John out of the house. This stubborn old man is 67 and believes that he is still owned something from his siblings and is making very difficult for my entire family. So I decided that my father and uncle needed to talk it out. Thinking that these two men in their 60s could talk let Adults was a huge mistake, considering that the sit down turned into a fist fight back around Christmas. My Uncle had taken my father to court for assault. Now it’s time to come pay taxes on the house which are a little over 11k/year, and my father rather just give it up to the government than be bothered with it anymore. I think it’s not smart to throw a house away for a crappy tenant, especially since the house had been paid off many years ago and I got it appraised for 240K as is. I told my father I would take it over but he refused as long as his brother still lives there. Really at a lost year and have till the end of the month.
