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AITA For Insisting My Parents Pay Me The Market Value For The Property They Want To Inherit To My Younger Brother?

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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My father is trying to give the family farm to my younger brother. I am the eldest son. I was not given a choice in this matter. After my grandfather's death we were given the option to stay on the farm or receive a sum of money. I left the farm.<br><br>My parents and brother stayed. It was my brother's dream to be a farmer. My parents had no intention of retiring and passing the farm to my brother until I left. What hurts the most is I was not given a choice. My parents are trying to guilt trip me into selling.<br><br>A few years before my grandfather's death, my grandparents had invested a lot of money into the property to make it self-sufficient. Self-sufficient in everything. My grandparents invested a lot of money into this project. Solar panels, rain collection systems, windmills, etc. Biological filtration systems, greenhouses, and water filtration systems. <br><br>Only thing they need to purchase now is fiber/gas/phone service. My father and brother want the property to remain self-sufficient. I want it to be split into lots and sold to a developer. My parents and brother will buy back the land they want at fair market value. I believe this is the fair solution seeing as how I was not given a choice. I want nothing to do with the farming industry.<br><br>My parents and brother want to keep the land as is. My brother has offered to buy me out. I have refused his offer. My parents are furious that I am insisting on selling the land to a developer. They have said if I sell the land I will no longer be welcomed at the farm. I don't plan on ever returning but it still hurts that they would say this. My brother is calling me selfish. I am not trying to be selfish I just don't want to be tied to the land anymore.<br><br>AITA<br><br>Edit:<br><br>The farm is extremely lucrative. They produce a lot and sell a lot. I would have stayed on the farm if it wasn't for my parent's decision to gift the farm to my brother. My brother has never strived to be anything else but a farmer. This is his dream. I would be selfish and an asshole if I tried to take it from him. The thing is I don't want the land. I want the money. I don't want the land split equally between us either.<br><br>If my brother really wants to keep the land self-sufficient he should be willing to pay for it. That is my stance on this.

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