CHAPTER 11 Dealing With Real Estat eal Estate "Opportunists"
One of the more unsavory things you may have to deal with is some companies, real estate agents, or individuals offering to buy your home seemingly coming out of the woodwork and trying to convince you to sell the house of the person who has passed away. For the most part, this is just poor form trying to take advantage of someone's loss. Always advise anyone contacting you that you will not consider any options without talking with an attorney that understands probate. Helping someone handle the real estate related matters of an estate is not as cut and dried (or simple) as just doing some paperwork and going through the motions of putting a house on the market and getting it sold. There are many more things to take into consideration. The mere fact that an agent is reaching out and soliciting business soon after someone has passed away shows they’re likely unaware of all that’s involved — and they probably should not be handling the sale of real estate to settle an estate. The actual selling of any real estate often does not occur for quite some time after a loss. There are a lot of other things that need to get done before that can happen. In fact, putting the house on the market immediately is probably premature in most cases. (With that said, if you need to get any real estate on the market and sold as quickly as possible due to financial strains, it is certainly possible.)
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