Attend the real estate auction scheduled by the executor or administrator of the estate. Bid on the property. If you make the highest bid, you obligate yourself to purchase the real estate. Provide the lawyer, executor or administrator for the estate with a certified check to cover the price you bid on the real estate. Typically, the check represents proceeds from a loan already approved by a lender. In lieu of a certified check, you must provide proof of preapproval for a loan that covers the price you bid on the real estate.
Make a direct offer on the real estate to the lawyer, executor or administrator of the estate. If the estate's representative accepts your offer, she will present the offer to the probate court.
Obtain an order from the probate court approving the sale, whether you've purchased the property by auction or direct sale agreement. The lawyer, executor or administrator of the estate is responsible for obtaining this order approving the sale from the court. You cannot finalize the sale without approval of the court.
Probate auction information is available through the legal notices section of the local newspaper and at the office of the probate clerk of the county where the estate case was filed.
Once the order approving the sale is issued by the court, the lawyer, executor or administrator for the estate will prepare a deed transferring ownership of the real estate to you. The deed becomes legally effective when it is filed with the register of deeds in the county where the real estate is located.
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