We’re dealing with a squatter situation in New York. The heirs mentioned that the occupant was the decedent’s best friend, but he hasn’t been maintaining the property, and now there’s a foreclosure suit pending. I tried reaching out to him directly. When that didn’t work, I contacted his kids. Then I went another level down—relatives and associates. Only one relative, a half‑brother, responded, and he basically said he doesn’t care what happens to him. lol My goal is simply to get a conversation started—nothing heavy like a demand letter. Ideally, we’d offer a cash‑for‑keys arrangement instead of going through a legal eviction. As I continue following up on all provided contacts, I wanted to ask the group: What would you say in a text or voicemail to get his attention?

PETITO SUMMARY — 3 HOMES, FAMILY TRUST AND HEIR DISPUTE Where: California Who: 2 family lines What: One branch of the family lives in all 3 homes right now. I'm sharing this for feedback. I want to know if this deal looks good to other experienced operators and would like some insights if I'm missing anything. PROPERTIES::: Home 1: - 3 bed, 1 bath, 1,160 sqft house - 0.32 acre lot - Value guesses (at 70% of full price): Zestimate: $239,260 Propwire: $231,988 XLeads: AVM: $266,186 MKT: $383,040 Home 2: - 2 bed, 1 bath, 897 sqft house - 0.34 acre lot - Value guesses (at 70% of full price): Zestimate: $249,190 Propwire: $181,805 XLeads: AVM: $280,242 MKT: $341,964 Home 3: - 1 bed, 1 bath, 662 sqft house - 0.4 acre lot - Value guesses (at 70% of full price): Zestimate: $200,970 Propwire: $155,339 XLeads: N/A AVM: $256,346 MKT: $305,298 Total value for all 3 homes (70% of value): Zestimate: $689,420 Propwire: $569,132 XLeads: AVM: $802,774 MKT: $1,030,302 EQUITY::: Total taxes owed on all 3 homes: about $10,600 Home 1: about $4,140 owed. Late on taxes from 2023 to 2025. This year is paid. Home 2: about $2,130 owed. Late on taxes from 2023 to 2025. This year is paid. Home 3: about $4,330 owed. Late on taxes from 2021 to 2025 (the longest). This year is paid. *Solar Lien (amount unknown) TITLE::: - The grandparents used to own all 3 homes. - In 2007, they moved all 3 homes into a family trust. From that point on, the trust was the legal owner, not the grandparents by name. However, they are named as "settlors" and "trustees" within the trust transfer deed. - Both grandparents have since passed away. One passed in 2018. The other passed in early 2019. - In 2021, a solar lien was placed on one of the homes. But both grandparents were already dead by then. This means the lien may have been taken out through fraud — someone may have signed for people who were no longer alive to sign anything. This is a big red flag. INTERESTED PARTIES::: - One branch of the family (the late son's side) owns half of the estate, 50%. This half splits between 4 people: 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Each one gets about 12.5%.

If you're like most people here, you want to make life-changing money...but you're overwhelmed with 'I don't know where to start'. Think of it as eating an elephant - take one bite at a time. If you haven't already chosen a market, do some research on which market you'd like to tap into first. Metro areas with high property valuations is somewhere I'd start and then look into their intestacy succession or ESTATES CODE for that state. Find the estates code by typing this into google or Perplexity AI: Find me the estates code for STATE and explain it to me as if you were speaking to a 7th grader. (No offense to anyone here, I just like simple terms). This is important to know because if you've committed to the decision of becoming a Curative Title Practitioner, you need to be informed on legal and terminology otherwise you're going to up a creek without a paddle (my English teach always said this 😂) & of course you need to know if you're working in a Non-Probate or Probate State. Take this role seriously because of the risk involved...that goes without to say, HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD. There's so much more to this, however, I'll give you bite size pieces of this big a** elephant. I'm curious which markets ya'll are considering or tapping into already. Let me know in the chat and let's create some momentum!!

🚀 ATTENTION LINK BELOW + BONUS Most people think the hardest part of real estate is finding a deal. It isn't. The hardest part is finding a deal nobody else is fighting for. That's the whole reason curative works. When a property has a title problem, most wholesalers and flippers skip right past it. They see a headache. They don't see that the headache is exactly what keeps the competition away. No bidding wars. No seller who already has six offers. Just an owner sitting on something they can't sell and don't know how to fix. That's where you come in. Your first deal usually starts the same way for everyone. You find a property where someone passed away and the title never got cleaned up. You reach out to the owner or the heir, not to buy their house the way everyone else does, but to solve a problem they've been stuck on for years. You buy their interest. You cure the defect. Then you have a property you can sell on the open market with real equity attached. The reason people get their first deal faster with this model is simple. They're the only one in the room offering a solution instead of another lowball offer. Training link is here P.S. We will be giving a bonus for people who show up live on our training today! It valued more than a Rolex Watch but less than Tesla Model 3.

If you're not using Landglide...your parents are siblings. It's one of thee most useful and economical ($9.99/mon) tools you can equip yourselves with when researching. I love using it especially when you're investigating seemingly low value properties because you can enter in the owner name and if they happen to own multiple properties, they will show up here. It even has the link to County CAD's site (as seen in blue circle). There's even deed history, flood zone views, and so much more. Also, this isn't a paid advertisement, but I definitely should look into that because I promote this site so much 😂.