DeKalb County · Georgia

Sell Your Inherited House House Fast in Dunwoody

In Georgia, real estate left through an estate typically must pass through the probate process, which is handled by the Probate Court in the county where the deceased lived — governed primarily by Title 53 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.). If the deceased left a valid will, the executor petitions for 'solemn form' or 'common form' probate, and the court-supervised process generally takes anywhere from six months to over a year depending on whether heirs contest the will or creditor claims arise; intestate (no-will) estates follow a similar path but can take longer to resolve title. Georgia does offer a simplified 'Year's Support' petition for surviving spouses and minor children, and for very small estates — those with no real property and personal property under $10,000 — an affidavit procedure under O.C.G.A. § 53-1-20 can bypass full probate, though this rarely applies when a house is involved. Georgia has no state estate tax (it was repealed effective January 1, 2014), so heirs only need to consider federal estate tax thresholds, which in 2024 apply to estates exceeding $13.61 million — meaning the vast majority of inherited Georgia homes face no estate tax burden at all.

• Cash offer within 24 hours — even during probate
• We work with estate attorneys and executors
• Buy as-is — leave whatever you don't want
• Close in as few as 14 days after executor authorization