Inherited a House? We Make the Hard Part Easy.
532 houses bought since 2015 — many from sellers standing exactly where you are now.
Tell Us About the House
Tell us where the house is and how to reach you — that's it.
An inherited house arrives at the worst possible time — while you're grieving — and brings a job nobody applied for: a property to secure, insure, clean out, maintain, and eventually do something with, often from two counties away. If there are several heirs, every decision multiplies.
Inherited properties are one of the most common situations we handle. We buy the house exactly as it stands — furniture, belongings, deferred maintenance and all. Take what matters to your family and leave the rest. Our in-house paralegal helps untangle probate questions, missing heirs, and title issues that stop other buyers cold, at no cost to you.
Chip Whittington inherited a home he had no need for and wanted to sell fast — but needed time to sort things out. We closed on the date he chose. He tells the story himself below. For the deeper questions — probate, heirs, taxes — see our guide to selling an inherited house in North Carolina.
How We Help
- Buy during or after probate — our paralegal helps navigate the process
- Multiple heirs? We coordinate signatures and disbursements through our attorney
- Leave anything you don’t want — we handle full clean-outs routinely
- Close when the estate is ready, whether that’s next week or three months out
Hear it from a seller: Chip Whittington — inherited property
Read the transcript
Interviewer: I'm sitting here with Chip — we just finished closing on his house here in Mooresville. Chip, tell us a little bit about how things went and how you feel.
Chip: I am so excited to be here today. I inherited a house a little bit over a year ago, and I decided I would rather get out from under it. I made one phone call, and that same day I had an offer on my home. I needed to stay in the home for six weeks to take care of some family business, and I was allowed to do that. Then I just stepped into closing today — I was in and out the door in twenty minutes. I don't think I could ask for anything better.
Interviewer: You're very pleased with how things went?
Chip: Most definitely. It was just a very easy experience, kind people, and just a very, very easy transaction to take care of.
Interviewer: What about the level of communication?
Chip: The level of communication was tremendous. We were back and forth whenever we needed to communicate; we set times out for future communications, and those were met on time, every time. I couldn't ask for anything better.
The first-30-days checklist (do these regardless of what you decide)
- Call the insurance company. Standard policies can restrict coverage once a home sits vacant — an uninsured fire or burst pipe can consume the inheritance. Ask about vacant-home coverage today.
- Keep utilities on. Heat prevents frozen pipes; power keeps sump pumps and security running.
- Secure and forward. New locks if keys floated around; forward the mail — it's also how you discover unknown bills and accounts.
- Find the will and open the estate with the county Clerk of Superior Court; the personal representative gets "letters" that unlock everything else.
- Don't renovate yet. Families routinely over-improve before selling. Run the numbers first — this calculator takes two minutes.
- Pull photos and keepsakes early — everything else can wait, or be left for a buyer like us to handle.
Deeper answers — probate, multiple heirs, the stepped-up basis tax rule: the full inherited-house guide.
Common Questions
Can we sell before probate is finished?
Often the sale can be arranged during probate and closed at the right point in the process — it depends on how the estate is set up. Our paralegal and closing attorney deal with this regularly and can usually chart the path in one conversation.
The house is full of a lifetime of belongings. Do we have to clear it?
No. Take the things that matter — photos, keepsakes, furniture you want — and leave everything else. We've bought many houses exactly that way.
What if one heir lives out of state?
Routine — documents can be signed remotely and proceeds disbursed to each heir at closing through the attorney. Distance doesn't slow it down much.
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