Luckily I own the place free and clear, so the bills aren't to painful while it's vacant.

Never again.Short sale are a long pain in the rear.

If your county is anything like Palm Beach County, the information is all online now, BUT if you search through the computers AT THE COURTHOUSE you can get all the information you need.When searching through the records, look at the petitions for administration of the estate, or petitions for summary administration.

Check with the plan administrator to see if the plan allows for in-service distributions.

Joey, as you've discovered, probates are a real pain in the *ss for us in MA.

Perhaps you need a different 3rd party administrator.

Administration may be able to share that with you and that could reduce your search to one telephone call.

But I like the fact that, based on what we've learned so far, it wouldn't be a complete pain in our butts.

My biggest concern for you is that it's a 3/1 which can be a pain to get rid of.

That's $200-300/mo. right there.I just got my tax bill in the mail so I speak from painful experience.