How to buy/acquire a property from dead trustees

[Brian Windle]

Hey BP community,

Hoping y’all can help me out with an odd situation. There is a house in my town that is very clearly abandoned. I looked up the owners using qsearch and it was a trustee. I then looked up the deed and found that the trust consists of three individuals. All three of them have since passed away. Two of them moved out of the county beforehand. My question is, how can I Buy this property? Do I have to go chase down any inheritors from each of them and try to get a quit claim deed from. As I said, some moved away so would their probate cases be from the county they moved to, or in the county with the property that they owned 1/3 of. Tracking down all this info and then the possible 3-100 other people that may have inherited some portion of ownership in this home seems like a lot to do. Then to get all of them to agree to a quite claim deed from some small amount of money seems unlikely. Is this the route I would have to go to buy this house? Do I have any other options? Any info would be much appreciated!

[Danny Randazzo]

Find a good attorney to discuss the local laws and proceedings with. In South Carolina the property goes to any family members but you need to work through court proceedings. I'm not familiar with Georgia laws.