“The house is the significant issue,” Gerald said.

“Why?”

He folded his hands. “Because equal shares mean all three of you have to agree on what to do with it. You can sell and split the proceeds. One of you can buy the others out.

You can rent it and share the income. But none of it can move forward without consensus.”

“And if we can’t agree?”

“Then a court can eventually compel a partition sale. But that’s slow, expensive, and tends to leave nobody happy.”