Kalamazoo, MI asked in Estate Planning and Real Estate Law

Q: B.I.L. & daughter inherited home. He wants to live there. Appraisal done. How do we determine split if sold in future?

Daughters grandmother (my M.I.L.) died suddenly and w/o a will. Brother-In-Law has little $ currently to buy may child out. He wants the home. He will do repairs while living there. How do we calculate her split of $ in the future if appraisal increases due to equity and time? The main point is that B.I.L. will buy supplies and put the sweat effort into the home. I am not pushing the immediate sale because he needs a place to live. Compensation for patience should also be rewarded just don’t know how to calculate and word in an agreement. (Daughter is only child with my husband/ her father, at time of his passing.)

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