Her accountant or the accountant for the executor should be able to provide accurate basis numbers.

They will file for the garnishment of wages or levy of bank account.

If you're doing all of the accounting and recordkeeping for the properties and giving the CPA good Income and Expense records, this level of fee is pretty high, in my opinion.I might charge something like that only if you were handing me a shoebox, 20 bank accounts statements for the year and incredibly messy recordkeeping.

I'm a little confused as to how I should handle the accounting.

And be sure to check with folks other than your family banker (where you carry all your accounts) - you'd be surprised how much price / term shopping can save you on each deal. 

The mortgage servicer can still pay your bill from that escrow account. 

I need a great accountant California base to help with the obvious.

Account Closed Again, I'm not sure where are you receiving your "Facts" from...

Account Closed, 9k is reasonable to me for the work necessary (honestly I would charge more).

In particular, we have a reserve (escrow) account that we put money into each month the year before to cover our property tax bill paid in January.