Here are five important things to do when a loved one who owns a home passes away without a will. HeirsDetermine who the legal heirs are: If the deceased person did not leave a will, State law will dictate who are the legal heirs. (Surviving spouse and children are considered the legal heirs). File for probateIf the deceased person owned a home, the property will need to go through probate. Probate...

I met Joshua, the successor trustee of his deceased grandfather’s trust, from a referral by a REALTOR® relative.  Joshua and his siblings lived out of State and had all flown into San Diego to retrieve personal items and to remove most of the trash from the property.  Before we met, I was given full disclosure of the appearance of the property.  The description as it happens, was very...