Family Feud

Boy oh boy...I don't even know where to begin this one. I'm still beside myself after the phone call I got from my brother earlier today. The call came from my Aunt, while he was at work, telling him that the "sisters" have been talking and they are selling the house that he lives in and they are giving him first chance to buy it at the whopping sale price of 65K! (The last appraisal on the house was in the low 30s, several years ago. If I'm not mistaken, the real estate market in Morgan Co. hasn't jumped in years....the property is probably only valued at 20-25K...and they are offering it to him at 65K?)

First of all, we invited all the sisters to a meeting when Mom passed less than two months ago. We wanted them to know what we were dealing with on the financial end, which is a bankrupt estate, and to make sure that there would be no surprises in store for my brother as far as having a place to live since he rents from one of the sisters. A unanimous "you don't have anything to worry about" came from the 6 sisters in attendance, which gave us a little peace of mind in selling Mom's house.

My. my how things can change in a matter of weeks! Since Mom is no longer here to take care of all of grandma's paperwork and nursing home bills and rent and utilities on grandma's house (the one my brother is/was renting), it is now "a pain in the ass" to keep up. Funny it wasn't so much a bother when Mom was doing all that paperwork. It just pisses me off to think that the same people who were by our sides a few weeks ago mourning the death of our Mother, are now selling grandma's house (who by the way is still alive) out from under my brother leaving him scrambling to find another place "ASAP". Unbelieveable!

My Mother is probably rolling over in her grave right this moment! The closest connections to Mom, treating her kids like this....I wash my hands of them! As does my brother, who is at one of the sister's houses right now letting them know, face-to-face, exactly what he thinks. Good luck little brother, we are only doing right by Mom...she wouldn't have let this happen.

And for the record, I did call the sister in charge to verify that what my brother thought he heard was actually what he had heard...sure enough, it was...without hesitation, straight up, we are selling the house as soon as possible. Nice, eh? Really freakin' nice!