Being specific saves everyone a phone call.
The large majority of what we buy. Any age, any condition, any size.
Including units with HOA arrears or special assessments attached.
Duplexes through small apartment buildings, occupied or vacant, including inherited rentals with tenants in place.
Where the land conveys with the home. Homes in leased-lot parks are generally a poor fit for us.
If someone is living in the property who may not leave voluntarily, say so early. It doesn't stop a sale, but it materially changes how the deal has to be structured — and it's a situation with real legal constraints that your attorney needs to be part of.
We'd rather tell you now than after three phone calls:
Many of the homes we review are still titled to the person who died. That's normal, and it doesn't stop us from looking at the property or putting an offer in writing. Before a deed can transfer, someone generally needs legal authority to sign — often through probate. Our page on selling a house in probate explains how we fit alongside an open case.
When the house was placed in a trust, the successor trustee usually handles the sale under the trust document rather than through court. Trustees tend to need a written offer and a clean paper trail they can show beneficiaries, and we're used to providing both. More on that is on our trust property page.
An inherited duplex or rental house with tenants is a fit for us, and tenants don't have to be moved out before we review it. Leases and tenant protections usually continue after an owner's death, so tell us early what agreements exist and whether rents are current. How those obligations apply in your state is a question for the estate's attorney.
When title passes to siblings or other relatives together, every owner with an interest generally has to be part of the sale. We're comfortable working with all of them and sending each heir the same written offer. Our page on multiple heirs covers how we try to keep that process even-handed.
Describe it in a sentence and we'll tell you straight away whether we're the right buyer or the wrong one.
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