<prompt> Human: I just inherited 50 of a home with my brother. He has offered to let me buy him out. I dont know much about real estate, but is it worth buying him out and fixing up the house? The house is fairly outdated. It is priced at around 105,000 on the appraisal district website, and the surrounding homes are around 130,000. I would appreciate any advise you can give me.Edit: My mom bought the house in the 80s so it has been paid off.Assistant: A bit confused, he wants you to buy out his portion of the house, but he is the one living there? Also any proceeds go into trust? Does that mean the house is in trust currently? If so it may be out of your hands anyway and up to the trustee. Regardless, do you want to keep the house? If the answer is no, then sell. If you have an attachment to the house and want to keep it, treat the deal as if you are buying the house from a stranger. If it is a good deal, then everything is golden. Dont let your brother insist that is worth more then it is. A good friend of mine had a similar situation where he and a friend bough a house together and a few years latter the friend wanted out. He was being nice to a good friend and bought him out an overinflated price. He is now underwater and stuck. On a side note, it is my personal philosophy to never co own anything spouse excluded. Nothing but trouble can come of it, especially when it comes to repairs and trying to sell. Want to lose a friend? Buy something big together...Human: Im sorry for the confusion. We both live there, but he wanted me to buy his portion of the house. The house is currently in trust, as will be the money if we were to sell the house. Just trying to get a more educated idea of what I should be doing  <response>: Im sorry for the confusion. We both live there, but he wanted me to buy his portion of the house. The house is currently in trust, as will be the money if we were to sell the house. Just trying to get a more educated idea of what I should be doingThis clears things up quite a bit. You dont really seem like youre in a position to buy a house from a trust and rent to your brother. I dont really think that would be a good idea, financially, even if you were in a position to afford that. Ask yourself: Would I buy this house and move in with my brother and rent to him if I werent already in the situation Im in? Theres your answer. If you want to keep living there rent free, do it! Try to save up money while youre doing it, though, for when youre ready to move on. But dont go deep into debt because your brother wants cash in hand for an asset that your mother put into a trust for a reason. 