The first thing is you need to acquire are what's called "the letters". This will be either letters of administration or letters of testamentary from the probate court before you have authority to actually list the property for sale. This is done early on in the probate process, and a lot of people don't realize they can't just list the property when they don't have the authority to do so until the court grants it to them. 

Number two: If you're working with an attorney, generally, there's language that should be put in the purchase agreement regarding the probate sale. Make sure you get with your attorney realtors before you actually finalize the purchase agreement, because this is language that most attorneys want to have in the agreement.

Those are the Top 3 important things in regards to probate home sales. If you want to talk more about probate - or estate planning so that you can avoid probate entirely - please feel free to Contact Us. We offer complimentary 15 minute phone consultations.