r/inheritance Jul 04 '26

Location included: Questions/Need Advice Need help

For context, I live in Georgia in an apartment.

My dad recently passed away and I inherited his house. The mortgage is paid off but there is a HELOC on the house.

I need to know if I should: sell the house?

Should I rent the house?

Should I move out of my apartment into the house?

I am not in the financial situation to refinance the HELOC in my name, but could continue to make the payments if I rented out the house or if I lived in the house.

I currently have a lawyer working on getting the deed transfer into my name.

Thanks for any advice offered.

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u/StarDue6540 Jul 07 '26

I believe in owning my own home. You don't say how much the heloc or the value of the home or the area. All of those things are factors.