<prompt> Human: Things actually turned out better than the majority of people expected! Heres the situation:5 years ago, I cosigned on a 200,000 house with two friends. Since then, they lived in and made all payments to the house. I did not live there, nor did I contribute any money to the mortgage. Every payment was made on time, so there was no damage or dings on my credit yes, I lucked out!. Now, my friends are moving and the house is being sold. The house is selling for 300,000, which means there is a large profit 100,000 being made. In hindsight, we should have had a discussion about this at the time of signing, but we didnt. No prior contract arrangements were made detailing profit split. Now, here is my question to you, PFers: What do you think me bringing my financingcredit on the line for 5 years is worth, if anything? Side note: I posted this situation to rrealestate as well, but I would also like some discussion from the rpersonalfinance crowd since I value the POVs and hope the discussion will steer away from any relationship advice. I dont want to involve any lawyers, nor am I trying to gain any wrongful profittake advantage of friends. But, I also myself dont want to be naïve and get taken advantage of. I am solely trying to see what you would expectnot expect financial wise if you were in a similar situation. Thank you!  <response>: You are right that you should have never done this. You are also right that you should have thought about this before hand if you wanted to profit off of them.You agreed to help them out by signing the mortgage without asking for anything in return. They accepted. With nothing else agreed upon the terms were set. You arent owed anything. These are your friends. Be happy for them instead of trying to make a buck off of them. 