Buying partial ownership in a house?

[ddubois]

I can't even find any references to this concept on google, except for some timeshare-esque arrangements. I live with my in-laws, in a house they paid for (in full), and the current arrangment is that we pay all the monthly bills, property taxes, etc, but otherwise pay no rent. It's a very sweet deal for us, but they like it too becuase they get grandkids around 24/7.

Anyway, they want to borrow money to travel and stuff. Rather than take out an equity line of credit/loan they want to borrow from us, with the idea "they'll pay us back when they sell, plus interest". My wife has a really bad history when it comes to lending money to various family members, and my policy is "Don't lend to F&F what you can't write off". Well, I can't write off $20K.

So my idea was, rather than a loan and all it's problems, we get some legal document that says we are buying X% of the house for $Y, with some stipulation that when it's sold we get X% of the proceeds. I figure this is a good investment anyway with real-estate being real-estate and this market contniually going up, so it's win-win.

Good idea? Bad idea? Rife with all the same problem that lending money would have?

PS: Here's a picture of some hot chicks:
http://freejigsawpuzzles.com/images/med_Chicks.jpg

[Duke]

A single hot chick:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/180px-Fried_egg,_sunny_side_up.jpg

~D

[edfurlong]

I can think of one way this could go as planned and about twenty that it wouldn't.

[ChipWrecked]

Sounds similar to a reverse mortgage to me. With a real estate lawyer involved to cover the details, I think it's a win/win deal.

[ddubois]

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I can think of one way this could go as planned and about twenty that it wouldn't.

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Can you list some of the ways? I want to know if my concerns match yours or if there are worse things I'm not thinking of.

[Bluffoon]

You are totally and completely screwed. You accepted a "sweet" deal and now the payment is due. Loan'em the money and move out immediately.

[imported_The Vibesman]

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PS: Here's a picture of some hot chicks:
http://freejigsawpuzzles.com/images/med_Chicks.jpg

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Uhhh...NSFW?

Sorry, I have no idea whether or not you can legally do this, although I imagine you would just be buying an equity stake....I wanted to do that joke.

[cbfair]

Start here (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=joint+tenant+with+Right+of +survivorship&btnG=Google+Search) This may give you some idea what the legal arrangements would look like. I have no idea how you would arrange financing in your situation but I'm sure you could find someone to do it.