Inherited
Inherited homes
A parent's house, a full basement and family in three states. We work around probate, not over it.
How we see it
What this usually looks like.
Inheriting a house usually arrives with grief, a full basement and a lot of opinions. Some heirs live out of town. Someone has to keep paying the taxes, the insurance and the utilities while everyone decides.
We can make an offer before probate is done. The closing waits until the court gives the estate's representative the authority to sell, and we work with your probate attorney on the timing.
This sounds like you if
- You live out of town and the house sits empty
- The house is full of a lifetime of belongings
- The siblings agree on selling but not on fixing it up
- Taxes, insurance and utilities are coming out of your pocket
Probate in plain words
How an estate sale to us usually goes.
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Step 1: The estate opens
Your probate attorney files with the court and someone is named to act for the estate.
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Step 2: We make an offer
Any time. Every heir gets the same written math, and nobody has to clean first.
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Step 3: The court allows the sale
Once the estate's representative has authority to sell, we set the closing date.
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Step 4: Closing and clean-out
The title company pays the estate. Our crew clears the house after keepsakes are set aside.
This is a general picture, not legal advice. Your probate attorney sets the real steps and timing for your estate.
How we handle it
Three things we do differently.
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Work with your probate attorney
We send the offer, the contract and our title company's contact to your attorney, and close when the court allows it.
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Family keepsakes first
Take what matters. Our clean-out crew boxes photos, papers and anything that looks personal and sets it aside for you.
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One offer, every heir sees it
We send the same written math to every heir, so no one wonders what someone else was told.
The math on an example house
Repairs here were a dated kitchen and bath, old wiring, a furnace and a full clean-out.
Example: brick bungalow in Bevo Mill, original kitchen and wiring
- After-repair value What it would sell for, fixed up $190,000
- Minus Repairs Priced line by line at the walk-through $46,000
- Minus Our costs to buy, hold and resell Closing, taxes, insurance, utilities, resale fees $23,800
- Minus Our margin About 10% of the after-repair value $19,000
- Equals Example cash offer $101,200
Our example offer
$101,200
Paid in 10 to 30 days
Listing as-is, estimated net
$127,500
In 2 to 4 months, after fees
Example figures for illustration only. Your offer depends on your house and recent sales near it.
Questions people ask about this
Can we sell before probate is finished?
You can sign a contract, but the closing has to wait until the court gives the estate's representative authority to sell. Your probate attorney will know when that is.
Do we have to empty the house first?
No. Take what you want. We handle the rest, and anything that looks personal gets boxed and set aside for the family.
What if one heir doesn't want to sell?
Then we wait. Everyone with an ownership share has to agree, and we won't push one heir against another.
Other situations we buy in
Get started
See your own numbers, then decide.
Call or fill in five quick steps. You'll get a written offer with the math, and it stays open for 14 days. If listing would net you more, we'll say so.
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- Saturday
- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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