If you were in my shoes how would you advise me to proceed (obviously I'm not gonna hold anyone accountable for any advice).Thanks ahead for your time.

All probate proceedings must run notices in the newspaper to alert potential creditors to file claims.

It's who my property manager uses, and even though we decided not to proceed with the electric work on our property, we had the best experience with them in getting a bid.http://cooper-electric.net/

I am buying a rental house with proceeds from the sale of a rental duplex. 

@Josh Magnus I would suggest to proceed with caution...but proceed nonetheless...In the area where I focus most of my attention, 80% of the houses for sale are places that were sold last time in 2006-2007...Most of them investors who finally manage to match the price they paid for...As most commentators said condition now are very different then 2008...but that doesn't mean crisis have to come from the same direction/cause to get the whole economy crashing along...Brexit...trade wars...student/consumer/corporate debt...there can be many reason for the next fall...and in 2008 nine out of ten economists didn't see it coming...that will probably be the only constant.As someone who also work full time my suggestion is to narrow your focus on a specific area like 1 zip code and follow it to exhaustion...know every house that get to market...walk the street with google view over lunch break...analyze city/county records for every property that hit the market...check all rentals you can find...establish working relationship with one or two buyer agents...this way when something arrive to market you'll be in a position to act fast enough...I got one house that way and now in contract for another...both were sold last in 2007 and on both I offered asking price (=2007) the day after they got to market...if the numbers work for cash flow then the state of the economy is much less important...and be picky (don't feel bad passing on houses)...personally my goal is to be able to become at least part-time when the crash will come so I have more time for RE then...good luck!

Almost All houses have some kind of lien or mtg.....it gets paid off out of seller’s proceeds at closing....unless for some reason the buyer Wants to assume the lien.

I found parties necessary and am now proceeding down the purchasing path.Owning a moving company, its no secret that I want to enter into the Self Storage industry. 

If you want to defer all tax you must purchase at least as much as your net sale and use all of the net proceeds in the replacement.   

I once had a paralegal (or legal assistant, can't remember which) from an attorney's office try and tell me that a pending HOA foreclosure was wiping our 1st mortgage so they wouldn't proceed with our foreclosure action any further. 

I just finished selling my first duplex and am using the proceeds for this next deal.