Selling Two Inherited Houses From the Same Family in Temple, TX

Most families call me about one house. This family in Temple had two inherited houses, and the county had already filed to foreclose on the first one for the taxes.

I’m Raul Bolufe. My company buys inherited houses and heir shares across Texas. This is the story of two inherited houses in Temple, three heirs, one court appointed administrator, and two closings on back to back days. I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. It is what happened.

One lead, two inherited houses

Marchel on my team picked up the lead in January 2026. A house on S 26th Street, the owner had passed, six years of taxes owed, and a tax foreclosure suit already filed. That part is common. What was not common came out on the first real call. The family had another property. A second house, on S 12th Street, same family, same estate.

Marchel’s message to me that day was, “Had a great call… they have another property.” Two inherited houses are not twice the work. It is two different sets of paperwork with two different answers to the only question that matters: who has to sign.

Who has to sign: the administrator, or everyone?

Here is where it got interesting. When Marchel asked the family who owned what, one of them said they were the executor of the estate. We checked, and it was true. The court had appointed that family member as administrator.

Our paralegal looked at the two files and came back with two different answers.

For the house on S 26th Street, the administrator could sign alone. One signature.

For the house on S 12th Street, all three living heirs had to sign. Three signatures, three notary appointments, three sets of ID.

Same family. Same people. Two houses, two rules. As I told my team later, the paperwork is different when there is an administrator. Our paralegal handled both versions.

I am not going to explain why one house needed one signer and the other needed three, because that is a lawyer’s job. What I can tell you is that it was not the family’s job to figure it out. It was ours.

If you are the administrator of a relative’s estate and you are not sure what that lets you do, you are not alone. Most of the administrators I talk to got the appointment and a stack of paper and not much explanation. That is fine. Bring the stack. We read it.

Selling two inherited houses from the same family, beat by beat

January: Marchel gets the lead on the 26th Street house. The first call turns up the second house. Title reports on both come back within a week of each other. The second house had an old judgment showing on title, which we noted and moved on.
Late January: we confirm who the administrator is and which house needs which signatures.
March 2: the family agrees on both houses. Marchel’s message to me: “this is a 2 property deal!!!” She also wrote that they were facing foreclosure and the family said they were ready.
Signings and notaries happen. Both deed packages are recorded with the county electronically by April 10.
April 20 and 21: I sign the closing documents on our side for both houses. We send a locksmith.
May 28 and May 29: both houses close, one day apart.

Two inherited houses, one buyer

We listed the two houses separately. Two deeds, two listings. As it happened, the same buyer wanted both, and that is how it closed. We did not plan it as a package. It just landed that way.

That is worth knowing if your family has two properties and one is in worse shape than the other. We do not need them to sell as a pair, and we do not price them as a pair. Each one stands on its own.

These were also the first two deals Marchel ever closed. Two houses in two days is not a bad way to start.

The tax foreclosure and the back taxes

The first house already had a tax foreclosure suit filed when we got the lead. That is the county saying it is done waiting. If nobody does anything, the house goes to auction. Families in that spot usually end up with nothing.

We closed these two outside of a title company. That means no settlement statement with the taxes figured out for us. So the back taxes on both houses came out of our side of the closing, and the week after, my message to my team was that paying those taxes was the top priority that day. Both houses got caught up. The family did not write a check for any of it.

That is the rule on every deal we do. Once you sell to us, the taxes, the foreclosure suit, the old judgment on title, all of it becomes our problem. We call, we negotiate where there is room, and we pay it.

What this means for you

If your family has more than one property from the same person who passed, tell us up front. One family, one file, but each house gets its own answer on who signs.
A court appointed administrator can change who has to sign. Do not guess. Have someone pull the file and tell you.
A tax foreclosure suit is a clock, not a verdict. Two houses in Temple with a suit filed still got sold and the family still got paid.
Two houses do not have to sell together. We listed them separately. One buyer happened to take both.
The back taxes come out of our side. Even when we close without a title company, we pay them.

The short version

Two inherited houses in Temple, same family, one heir appointed administrator by the court.
One house needed only the administrator’s signature. The other needed all three living heirs.
Tax foreclosure already filed on the first house.
Agreed March 2, recorded by April 10, closed May 28 and May 29, 2026, both to the same buyer, outside of a title company.
Back taxes on both came out at closing. Our side.

If your family is sitting on two inherited houses, or one house and a court file you do not understand, call or text me at 936-380-6384, or fill out the form. Tell me the addresses and who passed away. I will tell you what we would need for each one. Here is more on selling your share when the family has two inherited houses.

About the author

Raul Bolufe has bought and sold real estate since 2012, closed more than 800 deals, and paid more than 100 heirs for their share of inherited property across Texas and Florida. He hosts the Flipping Miami Podcast. More at raulbolufe.com.

Two Inherited Houses, One Family, One Court Appointed Administrator: Temple, Texas