<prompt> Human: NOTE: This is a throwaway to protect the identities involved.Background:Last summer, my mother passed after a very long battle with cancer. A few months after, my father suffered a heart attack and passed away. Im currently a senior living at a state university about to graduate in the spring. My sister is 3 years older, currently has a high school diploma and has some community college classes completed. She part-time waitresses.About the estate:The will left everything to be divided between my sister and me. This includes a rather substantial retirement account 600K and a house that is also worth about that much, maybe less. There is a 140k mortgage left on the house at 4.5, leaving mortgage payments at about 2200 a month. There are some other investments that we recently discovered in our names along with other accounts that my father held that might amount to about 80k. Also, my father had a medical practice that shared space with another doctor. The stake in the mortgage and physical space is being bought out by him, as well as his remaining patient list about 30 of profits from my fathers patients will be sent to his estate. I wouldnt count on much coming from this since the agreement has yet to be signed, and it seems to me that it will be unlikely for many of my fathers patients to go to another doctor without him there to recommend it.Its also worth noting that none of the beneficiary information from my fathers retirement account can be found, meaning that the account needs to be inherited through the estate. As our lawyer explained to me, we will need to withdraw the balance from the account within 5 years and also face income taxes on the withdrawn amount, as unfortunate as that seems. This brings the estimated amount well actually inherit to about 400k.Problem:My sister does not want to sell our house. I asked the lawyer what would happen should we decide to divide the estate so that she can keep the house. He said this would probably leave her with little to no money. Since she hasnt got a decently paying job and wants to go back to school at some point, this seems unrealistic already. Its also important to note that the house is 3 bedrooms master bedroom with an enormous yard and a large garden all throughout it my mom spent a lot of time on this. I dont believe that she has the ability to take care of the house, work and go to school on her own I dont think I would either. I also have no desire to live in this house ever again bad memories etc so I wouldnt be there to help her. To add to my worries, she also adopted a stray puppy soon after my father passed, which Ive already seen wreaking havoc in the house.Instead of selling the house, my sister wants us to inherit it together. Her logic is that the house will increase enough in value, that in a few years, well be able to sell it at a much higher price, since the market is so awful right now. She wants to work out a system where she will pay the living expenses and take care of it on her own until we sell it later. I am not sure if I believe she can take care of it, but the idea has also been brought up to use a lawyer to write a contract to support this.This whole situation keeps me up late every night and makes me stressed beyond belief. Im already too worried about getting a job and interviews along with where I might end up living next year, and its driving me crazy having to worry about my sister and this house, especially when the idea of selling the house makes her very upset with me. If anyone can give me some advice or help me in the right direction, Id be eternally grateful.TLDR: Sister wants to keep 600k house with 140k mortgage. We have about 480k inheritance money, maybe more. Im graduating college soon and I dont want to live in the house ever again. She wants us both to keep it to let it increase in value while still living there. What do?Assistant: Flat out tell her that you do not want to keep the house. If she wants to keep the house as her half of the inheritance, understanding that she will not be getting cash... that is up to her.Human: Ive done this, but she doesnt trust the lawyers opinion. I guess we should be talking to a realtor as suggested, since the house value the lawyer gave was just based on tax records.  <response>: tax records can be way different than market value of a home. please please consult with the needed professionals before signing or even verbally agreeing to anything. 