All Forum Posts by: Anastasia Jordan

@William W., send a strongly worded letter to the heirs by certified and regular mail. Tell them you purchased their father's property at the tax auction, and they will have to surrender possession of the property or you will sue all of them to enforce your rights. Advise them they can, of course, redeem, which would avoid the lawsuit, or they can simply move out and/or get all of Dad's stuff out and sign a release. That usually speeds things up so people go down and redeem right away and the problem goes away.

Hypothetically speaking, what if you do this and the heirs respond with "to hell with this property, you can have it, I ain't paying", empty out the house & surrender possession.

One of my partners is in that situation.

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Originally posted by @Denise Evans:

@William W., Let me know what happens, so I can share it with other investors.

I'm in the same boat. Found out one of mine died and went to Jefferson county and tried to ask/plead for them to void the sale and was told that they don't void them for that reason because the person has heirs.

Also tried to get it voided on another property & that request was denied. The owner isn't dead but appears to be suffering from dementia + addiction (ain't that a mental illness now). Is there no protection for the mentally incompetent? This woman ain't gonna pay and has no children. She got her SS check on the 3rd and got drunk.

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What happened??

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Originally posted by @Greg Parker:

Good question. My wife is in a similar situation. The only loophole we have found is if the property taxes are not paid, you can get with the probate folks and tell them the situation and see if they will let you pay the taxes before it is auctioned and you can get some type of temporary deed. Then after 1 or 3 years (I can't remember) you can get a clear title. But, as in our case, someone from the family always pays the taxes last minute and keeps the property in limbo. Please let me know what you find out.

I've been checking the county site reviewing all parcels that have my family names. My folks are pretty good at paying the taxes on everything and stuff that did get bought in tax sale was quickly redeemed. So far I've identified 1 property that went into tax sale back in 1991 & applied for that one through the state.

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Originally posted by @Mark Pedroza:

Way back when a few years ago when I found out that probate was filed against my fathers estate, the distance to drive from Sacramento county to Contra Costa county was a pain to drive.

Through my attorney's suggestion I filed a Request for Special Notice.

This document (when I filed) gave me notice of every court-mandated document that was filed and was mailed to my residence.

(Notice of Probate, Order for Probate, Inventory and Appraisal, Creditors Claim, etc.,)

Perhaps your local county probate court house has some similar notification that can be mailed to you (or e-mailed) instead of physically making the trip..

Thanks for that suggestion Mark!

I'm stuck with having to make the drive as I don't know the exact address/location of that land. I'm literally comparing info from the census records with the GIS map of 3 counties trying to ID parcels that might have been owned by my family, then checking that information with the tax records. One time I stopped at the sheriffs office with my map asking for help in locating a property and they just flat out told me I couldn't go to it.

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Anyone here have any experience with recovering or making a claim to their family's heir property?

I was doing some genealogy research and discovered that one of my ancestors had extensive land holdings throughout my hometown (and was always in court for some BS). I connected with a distance cousin and all was going well and open....until I asked about the land and permission to have access to the deed records that he had copies of.

He went slient, lol.

This is in an area of Alabama where if I request a title search, folks will be calling my phone (and the mayor with his nosey self) asking what I'm looking for and why. Trying to go about this without tipping off the "good ol boys". Not that I care. My family is just so nosey.

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I don't see anything unethical about that.

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Originally posted by @Tom Gimer:

Have you folks heard of the Patriot Act?

LOL

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Originally posted by @Account Closed:

Originally posted by @Anastasia Jordan:

Originally posted by @Account Closed:

Originally posted by @Anastasia Jordan:

My ex was able to open an account as a non-citizen (Wells Fargo). And why can he take it to the bank that it is written under with his passport and cash it?

Was he a resident at the time? You don’t have to be a citizen, but you need to be a resident in order to open an account. My friend is not a resident anymore since he moved back after graduated from college here in the States.

No.

Here on a Visitor's visa.

That’s interesting. I wonder if banks’ rules changed over time, but it is worth checking with Wells Fargo. How long ago was it?

About 4 yrs.

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Originally posted by @Account Closed:

Originally posted by @Anastasia Jordan:

My ex was able to open an account as a non-citizen (Wells Fargo). And why can he take it to the bank that it is written under with his passport and cash it?

No.

Here on a Visitor's visa.

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