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Updated about 9 years ago, 10/18/2015
11 year old Inheritance
First of all I was not planning to focus on probate/inheritance at this point, but I've been getting calls from seller. I have a seller that says her mother died 11 years ago, the property is in the seller's name, she has the quick claim deed, but she never paid a lawyer to do the probate process. There is still a mortgage in the mother's name which is current. In the perfect world I will take over her mortgage and give her a little money to move. In any case my real question here is about the easiest steps for her to take care of the probate process. I've heard many investors say to pay a lawyer because it's too complicated. This is in Bartow, FL (Polk County). I have a lawyer that was refereed to me that is investor friendly that does probates, but I always start with BP.