It would be 1,000x less awkward to ask the internet than the surviving relative. 

He's got an Internet presence so you can easily Google him.

Welcome to BP @Gem MonteroI had to post here because, as a family man myself, I found it very endearing that in your first post to an internet community you introduced your family.

I've read many books,& listening to YouTube, podcasts etc.. but you can only get so much from the Internet as opposed to being there in real life scenarios

The greatest website on the internet!!!

I do it too, so no worries.Bottom line is with the quality and amount of free or cheap education available on the internet, there is NO reason you would ever need to spend $50K on a guru program. 

You can find a lot of basic stuff for free in books, on the internet, and from other investors. 

Definitely a great reminder that everything we post on the internet can be used against us...

how do you vet any info on the internet?

Then MEH, there could be a hundred reasons from the verbiage never transferred across some internet site, to the listing agent forgetting to add it, to the guy having not done anything with his license in years and just remembered he has been paying the $50 every two years to renew it with the state, but hasn't belonged to the board in years.