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Inherited house sold. Should I feel resentment?

Backstory/Context. My grandparents lived in a beautiful home which they purchased in the 60s in the Magnolia area of Seattle, WA. My grandfather passed in the late 90s, but the home was owned by this point, and my grandmother continued living there until she needed to move into an assisted living facility in about 2015, and her son (my dad) and daughter (my aunt) decided to hire a property management company to rent out the house to help pay for the assisted living facility expenses. After my grandmother passed, they decided to sell the house, which came as a bit of a shock to me and my siblings given the sentimental value that place held for us.

Value. Beyond sentimental value, the neighborhood in question is very desirable one in the Seattle area, where home values have been going up steadily over the last 15 years. The house was sold for a little more than $1M in 2019. This money was split between by dad and his sister. Before the sale, we asked why they wouldn't keep the house and continue renting it out with assistance from a property management company taking care of most of that. I think my siblings and I envisioned this asset staying in the family, but alas, the decision was not ours to make.

Recently the home was listed again and sold in a very short period of time for a little more than $1.6M. I can't help but feel sick to my stomach thinking I will watch this asset appreciate over my lifespan, only because my dad and his sister didn't want to deal with the 'hassle' of keeping it in the family.

Am I Wrong? I ask myself a lot if I'm just being selfish. Maybe I shouldn't have any right to have input on a decision like that. Maybe this is a feeling of entitlement, where I should have none. When I think about it, it just feels short sighted, and a way to make a quick buck before retirement. At this point, nothing can be done, so I suppose I should just accept it and move on.

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