Inherited Property Match publishes first 90-day inherited home guide

Inherited Property Match has released a free guide for heirs, executors and trustees on how to get an inherited house ready to sell. The resource lays out a five-part readiness test and a 90-day timeline aimed at reducing delays, title problems and family disputes before listing.

Why it matters: - Heirs and estate representatives often want to sell fast, but inherited homes can be blocked by title issues, unclear authority, insurance gaps, unpaid carrying costs and family disagreements. - The guide is meant to help families decide when an inherited house is truly ready to list and what still has to be resolved first.

What happened: - Inherited Property Match published The First 90 Days After Inheriting a House: How to Get the Property Ready to Sell as a free pre-listing guide. - The guide is aimed at heirs, executors, trustees and personal representatives handling inherited real estate. - The company is a free nationwide broker-matching service focused on inherited property sales. - Rhett Fruitman, co-founder of Inherited Property Match, said the first 90 days should answer who can sign, how title passed, whether the home is insured, what it costs to carry and what is still blocking a safe listing.

The details: - Inherited Property Match defines five readiness categories: legal readiness, property readiness, financial readiness, family readiness and listing readiness. - The guide says an inherited house is not list-ready just because the family has agreed to sell it. - The company’s definition of list-ready requires a clear authority path, a protected property, an understood financial picture, aligned heirs and enough information for a broker to evaluate the home. - The guide breaks the first 90 days into four phases: Days 1-7 to protect the house, Days 8-30 to confirm authority and title, Days 31-60 to understand the numbers and decide, and Days 61-90 to prepare to list. - A title-path table maps common ownership structures, including revocable living trust, sole ownership with a will, intestate, joint tenancy with survivorship, transfer-on-death deed and tenants in common, to the issues that must be confirmed before listing. - The guide tells families to secure the property, confirm whether it is vacant or occupied, preserve documents, check insurance, keep utilities active where needed, document condition, start an expense ledger, review mortgage or reverse mortgage issues, estimate carrying costs and net proceeds, align heirs on a direction, triage repairs and consult a broker experienced in inherited-property sales. - The FAQ section says an inherited house is ready to sell when authority is confirmed, title is understood, the property is secure and insured, occupancy is clear, key documents are gathered, carrying costs are known, the family has a direction and a broker can price the home with accurate information. - The guide says listing before probate is complete depends on the state, estate, court process and who has authority. - The guide says a trustee, surviving joint owner or transfer-on-death beneficiary may move faster than an estate that requires executor or administrator authority. - The FAQ says an inherited house can often be sold without a will, but the estate may need an administrator appointed through probate and heirs may need to be identified under state intestacy law. - The guide says heirs should contact the servicer immediately if the home has a reverse mortgage. - For most FHA-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages, the loan becomes due and payable after the borrower dies, and heirs commonly have about 30 days after the due-and-payable notice to buy, sell or turn over the home. - The FAQ says if the loan balance exceeds the home’s value, heirs may be able to satisfy the debt by selling for at least 95% of the appraised value. - The guide says a trust, survivorship or transfer-on-death situation may move in roughly 30 to 60 days once authority and title are clear. - The guide says a probate sale commonly takes 9 to 18 months, depending on the state, court, creditor issues, title issues, property condition and family disputes. - The FAQ says if co-owners cannot agree, a partition action may force a sale, but that path is usually slower, costlier and less controlled than a voluntary agreement. - Inherited Property Match is operated by Real Estate Foundation, Inc. and was co-founded by Alan Fruitman and Rhett Fruitman. - Alan Fruitman has more than 30 years of real estate and 1031 exchange experience, has been involved in more than 1,000 transactions and wrote The NNN Triple Net Property Book. - Rhett Fruitman’s background includes Citi Private Bank and CBRE. - The guide is available as a free download, and additional resources are in the company’s inherited-property library. - The company also posted social links to LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and X.

Between the lines: - The guide turns a confusing estate-sale process into a checklist built around authority, title, occupancy, cash flow and family alignment. - That framing suggests the biggest risks are often procedural, not just market-related. - The 90-day structure is not a promise of a fast sale; it is a way to identify blockers early and reduce avoidable delays.

What's next: - Families using the guide are expected to move from triage to listing only after authority and title are clear and the property can be priced with reliable information. - The company says inherited-property timelines will still vary by state, court process, mortgage status and family agreement. - More inherited-property resources are available through Inherited Property Match’s resource library.

The bottom line: - The new guide is designed to help heirs and estate reps know when an inherited house is truly sale-ready — and when it is not.