Probate with Real Estate

[Mayour Patel]

Does anyone have extensive probate experience? I am looking to learn more about the process and the opportunities. Also has anyone purchased online subscriptions to for weekly probate leads? I am considering a company named probates daily out of Florida, Thoughts, suggestions, any input would be greatly appreciated.

[Claudette Attride]

Hello Mayour:

I don't know of a 'Probates Daily' out of Florida, however, I think you may be talking about ProbatesDaily.com & Foreclosures.com. If you are, DO NOT USE IT!

Some of Florida’s probate information (by counties- there are 67 of them) for the most part are available online and/or published. As an example, for south Florida’s Broward county- you can search for recent probate filings in this link below. But, bear in mind that not all probate filings (even if you buy probate lists) have real estate associated with them-

BROWARD COUNTY DEEDS

Select SEARCH, then ACCEPT and then go to DOCUMENT TYPES, Select PRO for Probates and go from there. You will only be able to see the names of the Decedent- you’ll now have to check to see if the deceased owned any property. That’s at the Property Appraiser’s site.

BROWARD PROPERTY APPRAISER

.. It’s a bit of work, but can bring great results. If you are willing to do the work, you can check each county's recording deed websites and the system is pretty much the same.

Hope this helps.

Good luck