Guiding Families Through Probate Home Sales
Helping clients sell a home during the probate process takes experience, patience, and a special touch. We provide full-service coordination and regularly handle transactions for personal representatives who live in and out of state, ensuring the process stays organized and moving forward.
Having personally experienced a family loss while simultaneously dealing with a preparing the property for sale, I can say this with certainty: every family experiences a wide range of emotions—and often all at once. What we've found works best is having a knowledgeable third party who can step in as a neutral mediator, keeping decisions focused on the estate's best interest.
What Many Personal Representatives Don't Realize
- •You can sell a property while it is in probate
- •Waiting is often not in the family's best interest
- •Delays can lead to:
- oOngoing expenses (taxes, insurance, utilities)
- oDeferred maintenance
- oIncreased tension between heirs
Real-World Examples
Sibling Conflict:
We worked with a personal representative managing an estate for three siblings. One brother had moved into the home and was living there without paying, creating friction and financial risk. We helped navigate the situation, keep communication productive, and move toward a resolution that protected the estate.
Out-of-State & High-Conflict Situation:
In another case, the personal representative lived out of state, and the decedent's ex-wife—who had a strained relationship with the family—was the only one with keys to the property.
- oWe communicated directly with the ex-wife
- oGained access to the home
- oChanged the locks the same day
- oTook photos the following day
- oListed the property the next day
Maximize Savings:
We had a client that was personal representative for a paid off property and thought that they had to wait until probate was completed before they could sell. After providing consultation with them and being able to sell the home while in probate--we were able to review all the holding costs, HOA, taxes, insurance and utilities with the personal representative. They realized that every month the home was costing the heirs $1,300 a month.
Our role is to remove stress, reduce conflict, and create forward momentum, so families can focus on what matters most—closing this chapter with clarity and confidence.