“Sister Wives” star Kody Brown has put his and Robyn Brown’s expensive Flagstaff mansion up for sale. The decision comes at the same time that Kristin Brown is filing a potentially costly lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend Kody.
So the question on everyone’s mind is whether Kody is playing the real estate game to avoid paying what he owes one (or more) of his ex-wives. Because all three of his ex-girlfriends have money tied to Robin and Kody’s interests in the house.
Here’s a timeline of events on TLC’s Sister Wives.
- In August, Kody and Robin put their 4,400-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom home on the market for $1.65 million. That was nearly double the $890,000 it paid in 2019.
- Season 19 of Sister Wives premiered on September 15th. The next day, Christine’s lawyer filed a lawsuit against Kody Brown. This lawsuit establishes Kody’s paternity as Truly Brown’s father. Current and future child support payments are also required.
- By October 8, Kody had taken the house off the market. However, not before dropping the price by $700,000 to $949,000. This amount was only $59,000 more than the purchase price five years earlier.
This move seems questionable. What was Kodi and Robin’s motive for delisting? Did they lower the price and then delist the company to make it look like there were no shares in it? Or are you just not interested in the market?
Sister Wives: Kody Brown takes Flagstaff House off the market amid Christine lawsuit
Sister Wives fans witnessed the family move from Las Vegas to Flagstaff, Arizona in mid-2018. And this was the beginning of their current financial entanglement.
When Robyn found her big dream home in 2019, she and Kody didn’t have enough money for a down payment. At the time, Kody was still spiritually married to Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, and Meri Brown.
So all three of his other sister wives had to put in some of their own money as a down payment. In other words, all three of Robyn Brown’s other wives made a down payment on the house.
Janelle believed the donation would be enough to add herself, Meri, and Christine to their legal documents (such as a mortgage). But Cody refused. He then claimed that he needed to “protect” Robin’s property.
Robin mentioned this in an episode of Sister Wives. she asked. “How…how do I calculate that?” I’m so confused. ”
Except it’s not. They know how much each wife gave them. That is the principal of the loan. Therefore, she and Kodi are obligated to pay a reasonable interest rate on top of that. This is similar to how Kody and Robyn Brown had to take out a second mortgage to cover the down payment they couldn’t afford on their own.
Alternatively, you could take the amount of cash each wife poured into the house and count that as their percentage of ownership. For example, if each wife contributed an equal amount, each would own 25% of the house.
Get Your Expensive Flagstaff Home Appraised Now and pay each After the mortgage is paid off, a percentage of the proceeds from the sale will be paid to the ex-wife. Easy peasy.
However, it is ridiculous to argue that there is no need to repay the loan because it is difficult to calculate the repayment amount.
SW: Did Janelle, Meri, and Christine borrow money from the down payment on Robin’s house?
Janelle Brown already mentioned hiring a lawyer to resolve the issue in a recent episode. Because Kody said on Sister Wives that he refuses to talk to her about it. Or give her more details.
Janelle’s threat of legal action, combined with Christine’s child support lawsuit, may explain why Kody doesn’t want to sell the house right now.
If he and Robin receive cash from the sale, they could be required to pay some of the child support to Christine when a court judgment is entered.
Christine should be entitled to at least three years of child support, if not more. A lot depends on when Kody stopped supporting Truely Brown. Additionally, she must continue to pay child support until Truly turns 18 (possibly longer if she attends college).
As for Janelle, Meri, and Kristin Brown, at least they should be able to get back the money they invested. Per Arizona law, interest is limited to 10%.
If Kody Brown sells the property, he will likely be forced to repay his three ex-wives for their investments.
By choosing not to sell, Kody and Robin may be able to delay repayments to Meri, Janelle, and Christine. This actually gives Kody and Robin a reason to never sell the house.
In fact, even if you move to another home, you can keep the house and turn it into a rental property. Would you like to stay in Robyn and Kody Brown’s big AirBNB near Coyote Pass and see all of her “amazing artwork” on the walls?
