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Grandpa is giving me valuable family land that I can’t sell. What’s the smartest financial move?

Reddit r/personalfinance·u/Alternative-Town8381·6 months ago
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My grandpa is planning on giving me one of his old lots ,

For full disclosure he still has not given it but has announced it in the family and we will attend the lawyer next week .

The lot is located in the most sought after neighborhood in my small town , there is very high demand in a way that any lot practically sells in less than a month in the neighborhood and there is not much anymore.

Now the main issue is that I cannot sell it , my family believes in giving land lots to build personal houses as a family tradition, this specific land lot has been in the family for over 50 years just preserved to be given.

I was thinking of building a 3 stories building apartments and getting the top one for myself while leasing the other two .

For more context:

- Land lot worth around $1M by market value

- lot is 500m^3 (parking for 2 cars exist in addition to it )

- I’m not American / this is not in the us .

- I come from middle class family, so my parents may be able to help but to some extent

- I’m 27 and…

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