Until an heir has the legal authority to sell, you can’t buy it.If not, get a copy of her death certificate, I don’t remember how I did it, you’ll have to google it up.....it should show some surviving heir/contact.You might check the county records, Clerk of Court, Official Records search, to see what mtgs/liens may be on the property....it may be upside down and any heir has No incentive to do a short sale on a probate probate property.

The SFR was bought & paid for from the rental income of a local company who rented it (& rehabbed it @ their expense) for their executives for about 8 years, now we rent it exclusively to the incoming Coast Guard Chiefs (14th year). 

My worry is that the similar names will make the companies "linked" in the eyes of the court if we are ever sued?

They do everything from tenant screening, to evictions, to showing up to court.

I got a letter from a pro bono attorney they contacted stating that they want to avoid court and can stay in the unit for up to 60 more days because we failed to give the written notice– is this true?

Mitigation of that risk should be your chief aim!

Use it in court. 3) Address search: google the property's address and find out if they're advertising rooms for rent on a short term basis.

I don’t know the benefits of not having (disclosure), frankly,' said Alan Dornfest, property tax policy bureau chief for the Idaho State Tax Commission."

One big problem would be that to pursue it in court or anything like that would likely not be worth the expense.

I also got ticketed and attended some kangaroo court, the inspector wasn’t even there, I believe the fine I paid was about $500.