Probate sales
An inherited house on this coast: the court's clock, the family's pace, and the as-is question.
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Selling the house in a divorce.
Two clients, one house, one private process. Neutral counsel and a calendar both names have seen.
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$750M+
career sales
15
waterfront closings
$47M
record La Jolla sale represented
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How do you represent two names and one house?
Neutrally, in writing, and on a calendar both parties have approved. The house is the client. Neither of you has to trust the other, only the sequence.
Nothing is said to one side that is not said to both. Nothing goes into an email that either of you would mind hearing read aloud later.
What has to be settled before we list?
Who signs. Where the proceeds go. What as-is means to each of you, in a sentence you both agreed to.
That is first-week work, not sixth-week work. Sales in this category fail on authority. They almost never fail on price.
What actually delays these sales?
Unclear authority, and a repair conversation nobody agreed to fund. Marketing does not begin until the paper matches the arrangement.
Handled early, this becomes one of the quietest parts of a hard year. Handled late, it becomes the loudest.
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