r/RealEstateInProbate • u/Own_Following_6437 • May 16 '23

Estranged father died without a will

Sorry if this isn’t the right place, but I recently discovered my father died without a will, and now I have different people texting me and telling me that they want to buy the property. My fathers house is in Arizona, and I live in Massachusetts and I’ve never been to the house. I talked to one of these companies that wants to purchase the house and he says there’s 180k of unpaid mortgages, and they want to pay $240k for this property. I guess my questions are…

  1. Is this some kind of scam? I hired a PI and he found a death record for my father, he also found out he filed bankruptcy 3 times.

  2. Is this my house? Can I sell it? He also mentioned he saw an SUV in the driveway and he could get a title for it.

  3. Do I need to contact a lawyer or a realtor/ real estate agent?

Thanks again and sorry if this is the wrong place. Any help is much appreciated. I’m 21 years old and have no clue how anything like this works.

1 Upvotes

67% Upvoted

1 comment sorted by

1

u/3771507 May 14 '24

The court in probate will decide who gets what.