Unless you have word of mouth from people you know, I wouldn't trust reviews or a reputation.

Find a guy or guys you can trust, treat them fair, and they will blow you Fing mind.

In this context, to go "through the estate" for a full step-up, the property had to be held by your client's mother outright (or possibly in a revocable trust).When an heir is referring to the property as their "grandmother's" when they inherited if from their mother's estate, it is worth checking the ownership carefully.

I am very interested in real estate investing, and am here to learn as much as I can while expanding my portfolio.My goal is to buy and hold single family homes in parts on nation with a better return.

After switching hands a few times over the years, the house at 2830 Park Street was purchased by the Florida Cabinet using what’s called the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.In 1982 the state Department of Corrections took control of the house and used it for what’s called a Women’s Adjustment Center — a sort of halfway house for female inmates with short sentences.Now, a Department of Environmental Protection spokesman said his agency is in charge of selling it off, along with other excess state properties.

I am not trying to create a win-lose situation for anyone, especially someone I will need to put this type of trust in with my property.

We recorded a deed of trust which is a form of a mortgage here in Florida. 

Such institutions typically have the word "trust" in their name. 

Hey BP nation!

The second bidder is a large national $2B or so a year contractor, with certainly the best attorneys, and they walked away instead of fighting after meetings with the agency.....go figure.