<prompt> Human: Hello, my brother and I own a cabin that we rent out with decent success. He wants to buy me out and Im open to the idea. For the price, he included my half of the down payment and then only 4 months of the mortgage. Weve had the house for three years but have been using profit from the renters to pay the mortgage since those first 4 months. He refuses to include the rest of the mortgage paymentsequity because, I believe, he doesnt see it as us paying for it but instead its the renters paying for it. I disagree but it seems too obvious for someone to not see that... can I get a sanity check? I feel like hes literally ignoring my half of the equity.If it helps, the money from the renters goes into a joint account we both have access to and we pay the mortgage out of that. Thanks.  <response>: Assuming that everything youve described is accurate, it sounds like either your brother is trying to screw you out of some money, or hes got some pretty severe developmental disabilities. If youve out half of the money in, you should own half of the equity. 