Sell an Inherited House or Land in San Jacinto County, Even With Heirs All Over the Map

If you inherited a house or land in San Jacinto County and the deed still has a dead relative’s name on it, I can help. I’m Raul Bolufe. My company buys inherited houses and land in Texas, including one heir’s share when the rest of the family is not ready. I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. It is what we have done.

What we buy in San Jacinto County

• A whole inherited house or mobile home, as is.
• Inherited land and acreage, fenced or wide open.
• One heir’s share, when the others will not sell or cannot be found.
• Property with back taxes or a tax sale date on it.

We buy all over San Jacinto County. Shepherd, Coldspring, Oakhurst, Pointblank, and the roads around Lake Livingston.

A lot of the land out here was left to big families, and the families spread out. That is normal. Heirs living in four different states is not a problem for us. It is a Wednesday.

Nine heirs, four states, 21 days

Six acres of fenced land on Shraderville Rd outside Shepherd. Nothing built on it, nobody living there, and a tax sale on the calendar. The owner of record had passed, and nine people now owned it. They lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arkansas.

Here is how it went:

• We got the tax sale pulled. We paid what it took, the day before the sale.
• We sent notaries to every heir. Out of state heirs signed with a mobile notary where they lived. Around Shepherd, the only notary willing to make the trip drove about an hour to get there.
• The family helped build the paperwork. When we needed marriage and death dates for the affidavit of heirship, the heirs texted them back within minutes.
• We carried the deeds to the clerk by hand. San Jacinto County does not take electronic recording. Mailing nine deeds from four states could have added weeks, so the notary company’s supervisor drove all nine to the county clerk and recorded them in person.

From the first call to all nine deeds on record took 21 days.

She thought she owned it all. Her nephew owned half.

On Hwy 150 W in Shepherd, the seller believed the property was all hers. When the title company’s attorney ran it down, they found her brother had died before her and left a son. That son owned half.

That happens more than you would think out here, where land passes down for generations without anyone updating the deed. She had already come to terms with it, agreed to split it with her nephew, and the property sold to a buyer.

What happens when you call

1. You tell me the address and who passed away.
2. We pull the county records and run title. Our own team gets title back within 24 hours, which is why heirs get paid fast.
3. We work out who owns what, including the relatives nobody has talked to in years.
4. You get a cash offer for your share or for the whole property.
5. You sign with a notary wherever you live. We pay the closing costs.

Back taxes and tax sales in San Jacinto County

If the taxes have not been paid since the funeral, you are not alone. Once you sell to us, the back taxes, the liens and the violations become our problem. We call, we negotiate, and we pay them.

A tax sale date is different. It is a deadline. Heirs who have not sold before the auction usually get nothing from it. If there is a date on your paperwork, call before it.

More on this: selling an inherited house with back taxes in Texas.

We will also tell you straight when a property does not work. We walked away from one in Coldspring this summer because there was more owed against it than it was worth. Better to hear that on the first call.

What your share is worth

It depends on the land, its condition, what is owed on it, and how many heirs there are. For one heir’s share, that is usually a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. When the whole family sells together, you get one cash offer for the property as it sits.

New to all of this? Start with my plain words guide to selling your share of an inherited house in Texas.

The short version

• We buy inherited houses and land anywhere in San Jacinto County.
• Heirs can live anywhere. The notary comes to you.
• You do not need every heir to agree to sell your share.
• Back taxes and liens become our problem once you sell.
• San Jacinto County records on paper, and we know how to get it done fast anyway.

Call or text me at 936-380-6384, or fill out the form. Tell me where the property is in San Jacinto County and who passed away.