All Forum Posts by: Christopher Reid

@Kay Na Welcome to BP!  There are a million different angles that you could take for solutions here.  I would start by asking yourself if you want to invest the time to educate yourself on the many many options that are available.  BP is a phenomenal place to learn and ask questions, listen to podcasts, read read and read. 

Another options would be to form a "team" of sorts.   Professionals in respective fields of construction, real estate Law, appraisers, etc and treat your situation as a business.

Feel free to message me with any questions, I'd be happy to offer any advice that I can.

@Cornelius Garland how do you go about finding the amount of equity in a absentee property? Seems like that would be a TON of leg work.

@James Wise i got a chuckle out of this: "Real estate agents are what wholesalers strive to be (even if they don't know it)" so thanks for that

Your other comment scared me though.  Would you really recommend new agents working with you to budget $15k for marketing!?!?!?!  I'm going to have a license in hand here in a few weeks, and have no intention of spending anywhere near that kind of cash for marketing.

@Account Closed how aggressively have you been pursing your mail marketing campaign?  2 years and no results must be extremely frustrating.

Right now It doesn't matter what either brother wants in this situation.  Uncle Sam comes first and he is owed money here.  That should be your number one concern, I would focus on that issue as Plan A and then go from there.

@Sharon Vornholt - you have posted somewhere that your attorney is the most important part of your team.  @Leah Bonner I would take that advice to the bank!

by "independent or dependent" are you referring to the executor being with or without legal representation?

Welcome @Jeremy Dec , listen to podcasts, read read read and interact with the forums! Feel free to reach out anytime. 

By far the best advice here would be to seek legal counsel for inheritance claims in California.  Since it has been over 20 years and inestate, my guess would be that you are bordering on transfer to the state by escheat.  If I've read it correctly, that's how it works in Connecticut.

@Account Closed- I know it's a very broad question but ballpark rates?

Determine who it is that might be made executor and get them to sign an agreement.. have a lawyer whip up some verbiage like: 'contingent upon them being listed as the executor' that will be null and void if the court denies them. This allows you to start marketing the property asap. You can probably accept offers 'contigent upon...

I pulled this from a youtube comments section about probate