If you need to sell a parent’s home or a house you inherited in Nashville, start with a real estate agent who has sold estate homes before and works alongside the estate’s attorney. Alex Brandau, known as the Bowtie Realtor, helps executors and heirs get the house ready, decide what is worth fixing, price it from recent closed sales and close, including when the family lives out of state.
An estate sale has more people, more paperwork and more decisions than a normal sale. Alex plans it as one project with one set of dates.
Before anything is listed, Alex confirms with the estate’s attorney who can sign and when the house can be sold, so the sale isn’t held up at closing.
A vacant home needs its locks, utilities and insurance in order. Ask the insurer how the policy treats a house no one lives in.
Deciding what to keep, sell, donate or discard is often the hardest part for the family.
Not every repair pays for itself. Alex walks the house with you and shows which cleanup and repairs are likely to return more than they cost, and when selling as is makes more sense. See what not to fix before selling.
Alex prices the home from recent closed sales nearby, not online estimates, and explains the number to every heir in the same way.
One plan and the same updates for everyone, wherever they live. Alex handles the showings in person, and documents can be signed electronically where the title company allows.
A real estate agent who has sold estate homes before and can tell you which repairs are worth making. Alex Brandau works with executors and heirs to prepare, price and sell inherited homes in Nashville, Brentwood and Franklin, either as is or after targeted repairs.
No. You can sell it as is. Cleanup and small repairs often help the sale; larger projects add cost and time, so compare them with the likely sale price first. Alex will walk you through that trade-off for your house before you spend anything.
It depends on the will, the estate and the court, so ask the estate’s attorney. Alex can prepare the house and the pricing while the paperwork is in progress, so it is ready to list when the attorney says it can be sold.
Yes. Alex handles the showings in person and keeps you updated, and most documents can be signed electronically where the title company allows. See selling a Nashville home while living out of state.
It depends on your situation, so talk with a CPA or tax adviser before you sell. Alex is a real estate agent, not a tax adviser or attorney, and will work alongside yours.
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