**Deceased Home Owners**

[Kirk Frickey]

Hey everyone, I just started driving for dollars and i keep finding myself running across distressed properties where the owner is deceased. What is the best course of action to take on this in order to find the current owner and also not get cursed on the phone for disturbing this situation? Thanks in advance!

[Mike Sedlacek]

Couple of suggestions. Call your favorite Realtor and ask for help and offer a 3% commission to represent you on an offer to purchase if you go that far. Or go to the local government office and look up the property to see if it is in Probate. There should be a list of heirs and the executor. Next you contact the executor of the estate and offer to help depose of the property. However they may have already been approached by investors so you would have to be sympathetic to their situation and stay in contact but don't nag. They may approach you later on and it could take months before they are ready to do something.