<prompt> Human: Im peripherally involved in an inheritance dispute, and Im interested in how you folks would handle it. Summary: When one inheritor of a house buys out the others, is it common practice for himher to receive a discount equivalent to what a realtors fee would be?My recently deceased grandmother left a house and a decent amount of cash to two daughters and three grandchildren. One of the daughters, Susan, wishes to buy out the house, and the other inheritors are all very happy to let her do so. Susan has been managing the house as a rental for about twenty years, and wishes to keep it as a rental. If she didnt want it, then it would be sold. It has been appraised twice!, but the dispute arises on the issue of the realtors fee, or rather a lack thereof.Susan believes that since a realtors fee of 5 would have to be paid if the house were sold out of the estate, she should receive a 5 discount. She believes this is common practice.The other daughter, Vera, believes that Susan should pay the value the house was appraised at.Susan has offered to split the difference, but Vera feels very uncomfortable with the idea.Obviously, the best solution is the one that gets the estate resolved with a minimum of hurt feelings, but whats the fairest, most typical way of dealing with the realtors fee or lack thereof?Edited to add status of house as a rental.  <response>: Its actually pretty common to discount the realtor fee, but it varies from family to family. Given the fact that nobody wants to do anything with the house, if Susan wasnt interested in keeping it, they would pay a 5-6 realtor fee, and would consider it completely normal cost. Since she does want to keep the house, I think its fair for her to get the discount, since she will have to pay for the fees herself, if she ever decides to sell the place. I think the 2.5 compromise she offered is very reasonable, and all parties should be happy with that solution. 