Sad news I just learned.

@PoetryNEmotion my siblings have decided to keep it, fix it up and turn it into a rental property that we can still use ourselves ok occasion.

I'd rather keep it for just the family and not rent it out but my 2 siblings don't want to pay for maintenance and property tax in the years to come out of their own pockets.

The other option is to sell it. It was purchased when I was a little girl with my dad's inheritance from his own father and I visited it almost every weekend of the summer growing up. It would about kill me to sell it so I'd rather keep it and rent it than not have it at all anymore. Once it's gone, it's gone forever- my husband and I couldn't afford property in that area on our own.



The weird tie about my dad's best friend's cabin is that he purchased it from my god parents. My mom's best friend [my god mother] inherited that cabin from her parents but decided to sell a couple decades ago. My god parents ended up selling to my dad's best friend- so it's a pseudo-"property in the family" in some respect because my mom went to that cabin back in the 60s and 70s with my godmother long before they met their husbands. My husband's best friend has been wanting to invest in cabin properties in the area so as soon as my dad's best friend lists it for sale I'm going to try hard to get him to sell to my husband's friend- keeping it in the "family" 😊🙏🤞



I completely hear your suggestion to reach out to my dad's friend. He's a very private person when it comes to his emotions so I'm a bit hesitant. My brother has reached out couple times [he's always taken a shining to my brother] and even invited him to dinner the last weekend he was visiting the cabin but his invite was politely declined. His daughter's Facebook post about him selling the cabin explicitly called out not reaching out to him about the decision to sell, so I'm waiting a little before I even reach out to her that we have a friend who would be interested.

@Starcrossed It has quite a family history then. Better to have some access to it then none at all. I would still reach out to him. You are part of his memories of your dad too. He may welcome the opportunity to chat about him. Bring a photo album with you. You may both reminisce. I think you are closer to him then his daughter is even. I would hold off on suggesting a friend to buy the cabin. Talk with him first. Tell him a few days later that you could recommend someone who would take great care of that cabin. Reach out first. I doubt you will be disappointed. I get a good feeling about this. Take care.