Mobile Home forced sale
A friend and I purchased a mobile home together, each paying l/2 of purchase price in cash. Deed read tenants in common, and it is our primary residence. We are not getting along and she refuses to allow me to buy her out. I would like to stay and have her leave, or as a last resort ”force the sale” and we split proceeds and both move. Can I force the sale of a mobile home which is in a park where we pay rent for the ”space”, or is there a way to force her to accept my offer to buy her out? Would attorney’s fees be split? Thank you for any response.
Re: Mobile Home forced sale
first of all, my Law Firm would like to thank you for your question. as a tenant in common, you and your friend would each own an undivided,whole interest in the equity of the mobile home itself, absent the lot rental space equity from the facts given. thus, if you both cannot come to a mutual understanding on how the mobile home should be used or sold now that you both are not getting along, you could always ask a court of law to “partition” the property in which you both would maintain separate equity within the same mobile home. thus, you could either sell your equity interest to your friend, someone else, etc..to cashout so to speak. however, hopefully there is a more “amicable” way for both of you to resolve this current dilemma, and quite possibly an attorney could peacefully negotiate a fair settlement for both of you to avoid high legal fees and/or court costs if you both agreed to this route. if you would like further legal assistance and/or representation, email my law firm directly today with more detailed information and quite possibly this situation can be remedied asap.
H.M. Torrey
The Law Offices of H.M. Torrey
800 West El Camino Real, Suite 180
Mountain View, CA 94040