You stop paying for a house and get a fair price.

We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. That includes an inherited house with belongings still inside: sell it without cleanout, repairs, or hauling away a lifetime of belongings — we take it as it is.

You can take the belongings the family wants to keep. Tell us what may stay, and we can spell out the agreed contents in the written terms before you commit.

If the estate keeps the house while decisions are being made, carrying costs such as property taxes, insurance, utilities, and upkeep can continue. Selling is one way to stop those house bills when the estate is ready; it does not assume the family never wanted the property.

In Michigan, being named in a will is not enough by itself to sign for an estate. A personal representative’s duties and powers begin on appointment. Ask for current certified Letters of Authority from the actual probate file; check the letters, will, any limits or orders, and title requirements together. The statewide PC 572 Letters of Authority form includes fields for real-estate restrictions and expiration.

Michigan’s default rules give an appointed personal representative power to dispose of estate property, including land, subject to restrictions in the law and estate file. Court approval is not required for every personal-representative sale. A state or county public administrator may not sell a decedent’s real property without court approval. The controlling provisions are in the state’s Estates and Protected Individuals Code (including MCL 700.3701 and 700.3715).

For a decedent who lived in Michigan, the first probate appointment or will proceeding ordinarily follows the county where the person was domiciled at death. A different property-location rule can apply to a nonresident. A Muskegon mailing address alone does not decide which court or estate file applies. See MCL 700.3201.

Michigan’s sworn-statement route for certain small estates under MCL 700.3983 requires that the estate not include real property, so it is not a shortcut for transferring a house. The estate file and current orders determine the route for a particular property.

We help coordinate the sale, but we do not provide legal advice. The title company or a qualified attorney can confirm who has authority to sign for the estate.

Muskegon County’s published schedule says a transfer valued at $100 or more requires state and county real-estate transfer tax: $0.55 per $500 or fraction for the county and $3.75 per $500 or fraction for the state. Exemptions depend on the actual instrument; the schedule is not a property-specific tax total. See the county’s transfer-tax schedule and its county exemption list and state exemption list.

The county fee schedule lists $30 per recorded document, $3 for each additional instrument assigned or discharged, and a $5 tax-certificate fee; other copy, search, and certification charges are separate. These are listed components, not an all-in recording quote. Check the current Register of Deeds fee schedule against the actual deed and related documents.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. That does not cover your mortgage, liens, back taxes, or your share of current property taxes.