Misguidedgeek
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So long story short, my parents passed away several years ago but there was a piece of land that fell to my brother and I, we have not been on speaking terms for a long time, and he did not want to sell it so I let it go, though I still paid the property taxes on it every year. Recently he found himself in some financial trouble and reached out wanting to sell, he offered to sell me his share for $2500 so he could get out.
Great we agreed, transferred the deed to my name, and I began the process of selling it. Now, a few months later, I have a buyer, agreed on a price ($10K) and as we are going through the process of transferring the title I found out that my brother had a judgement against him of nearly $6k that was put on the property. So after closing cost and everything, Im going to be lucky to get the $2500 I paid him back, while he walks away with $2500 and I paid his debt.
Do I have a case here if I took him to small claims court to get the 6k in his judgement, or is this just a case of me not being smart enough to do a title search and see the lein? Frankly I dont care about the money, I do not believe I would ever get the 6K, I feel like I got conned. and at the very least if I can put that debt back on him then I would feel better.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
EDIT: Let me also add that my brother is a deadbeat, Im not sure that he has a job currently and I know he has no money, would taking him to court be worth the hassle?
Great we agreed, transferred the deed to my name, and I began the process of selling it. Now, a few months later, I have a buyer, agreed on a price ($10K) and as we are going through the process of transferring the title I found out that my brother had a judgement against him of nearly $6k that was put on the property. So after closing cost and everything, Im going to be lucky to get the $2500 I paid him back, while he walks away with $2500 and I paid his debt.
Do I have a case here if I took him to small claims court to get the 6k in his judgement, or is this just a case of me not being smart enough to do a title search and see the lein? Frankly I dont care about the money, I do not believe I would ever get the 6K, I feel like I got conned. and at the very least if I can put that debt back on him then I would feel better.
Any help or advice would be appreciated.
EDIT: Let me also add that my brother is a deadbeat, Im not sure that he has a job currently and I know he has no money, would taking him to court be worth the hassle?
