He could have left a will naming his children or someone else or a trust  as the ones to inherit.

I also felt that the time frame wouldn't really matter because his children would inherit anyway. 

They had no children, so next of kin are two siblings. 

Doing our first flip in Scottsdale Arizona and the neighborhood is a mix of the residents that are not quite senior citizen but near or at retirement age and families with teenage to older children.

For example, I have rental properties in a D neighborhood and the 2 or 3 bedrooms are usually rented by families, with children.

Six months ago I hit rock bottom I have a fiance and 3 children and we all live in a camper parked at my friends house.

Neighbors had claimed an additional 3 adults and 2 children were living with the tenants.  

I'm sure there are some threads on here where I have already mentioned this but there are so many new members to bigger pockets let me mention once again what I chose to do.When the last of six children finally left home, my wife and I were gone the next day to become full-time RV ers.

A father of 3 children and a wife.

Have three young children to put through college.