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Miriam N. Jacobson
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What do i do with inherited real estate

Asked by a user in Reading, PA - about 2 years ago.

Your father's estate has to be administered by filing the Will, if there was one, or making an application to be appointed as administrator. Both of these actions are done in the Office of the Register of Wills in the County where he resided. All of the heirs must be notified of the opening of the estate and should be kept advised of the status of the administration. Administration involves determining all of the debts and all of the assets, and paying all of the debts, including taxes....