Inherited Property

Inheriting a house through a California transfer on death deed skips probate, but it comes with personal debt exposure and a title-insurance delay that can stall a quick sale.

You can sell a house with a reverse mortgage in California, but heirs face a tight HUD deadline and a fast, non-judicial foreclosure track if they miss it.

Selling an inherited house in San Diego usually comes down to two questions before the market matters: how title was held, and whether the property sits inside the Coastal Zone.

Selling an inherited house in Orange County starts with a question that has nothing to do with the local market: how title was held when the owner died.

Yes, someone can often keep living in a house during California probate — but it isn’t automatic, and it isn’t the occupant’s call.

San Diego County hears probate at a single location — the Central Courthouse downtown — and the first petition to open an estate currently costs $435.

Most of what ranks for probate sales in San Diego is either outdated or describes a completely different process – the County’s Public Administrator auction, not a typical heir-managed sale.

A probate sale is the sale of real property from a decedent’s estate, and whether it needs a courtroom confirmation hearing with open bidding depends on one thing: the authority the court gave the personal representative.

Statutory attorney and executor fees, the referee’s cut, filing fees, and the carrying costs most probate-cost articles leave out entirely – with a worked example on a $700,000 house.