Once, for more than 7 years, I worked in the real estate field, reviving abandoned rural homes and connecting places with people and people with places. During this time, I have seen and experienced a lot. I have encountered countless ancestral properties that need new owners but, for some inexplicable reason, cannot be sold. I have met people searching for their place but unable to find it for years. I have gotten to know owners who cannot decide whether to sell their family homes, struggling with a deep sense of guilt. I have come across siblings who have not spoken to each other for years due to inheritance disputes. I have met relatives who have become estranged because they could not divide their inheritance. There have been countless conversations with young families finding it hard to decide whether to buy a specific property or grappling with the confusion of whether to move from the city to the countryside or vice versa. The situations, problems, conflicts, and outcomes are many and varied.
