My brother is delinquent on his taxes and is telling my daughter if he loses his place his only option is to move into my mother’s home. This house is in another state from me. My mom lives with me and has dementia.
My brother refuses to speak to me because I am my mom’s POA. He will not return calls or texts. Mom has paid his taxes until I stopped his financial elder abuse.
I want to sell the house this year since she cannot return to it. I’ve put off selling it in case someone in the family might be able to buy this family home. Thank you for some insight.
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Be aware that if you think Mom will need Medicaid in the next 5 yrs, the house has to sell at market value. Family or not.
My Moms house has a tax lien as of Oct 2018. It was explained to me that in the state of NJ a lien holder cannot foreclose for at least 2 yrs from date of first lean. It could take could take longer than that. Which in my area it does. So brother may have a while in his state before this happens. In the meantime, get the house cleaned out and sold. You are probably spending Moms money for upkeep that could eventually be used for her care.
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Are you able to get the locks changed to keep him out, because it is far easier to keep him out then to get him out.
Good luck, what a crummy situation for sure.