<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[DMV Solution First Properties]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're a homeowner-support service, help-first, with free and no-pressure consultations. Our only goal is your best outcome, whether that means keeping]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:12:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Is a Probate Sale? A Plain-English Guide for Maryland Heirs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Almost everything written online about probate sales is wrong for Maryland. A probate sale is the sale of a house belonging to someone who died, signed by the personal representative the Register of Wills appointed to administer the estate. In Maryland, in the ordinary case, no judge approves that sale and no judge approves the price. The pages ranking above this one describe California, where a court really does confirm the sale at a hearing. If you are holding a death certificate and trying...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/what-a-probate-sale-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902a122d4302f97c44b386</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:17:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_2cc20636dbc740ba8a3a7f87271f0d89~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Probate With No Will: What Happens to the House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly half of Maryland estates are opened without a will. In Fiscal Year 2023, Maryland's registers of wills opened 28,556 estates, and 13,954 of them, 48.9 percent, were intestate, according to an analysis of the registers' own case data published by the Register of Wills for Howard County. So here is the direct answer. When a Maryland homeowner dies without a will, the house does not go to the state, and it does not pass automatically to whoever lives in it. It becomes part of the probate...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/maryland-probate-no-will-what-happens-to-the-house</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a902976bbd513a813cc170e</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:13:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_48370f26944b4b448a6a48fcda80198f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Tell a Legitimate Home Buyer From a Predatory One in Maryland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three postcards in two weeks. Then a text that used her street address. Then a man on the porch on a Saturday morning. A woman in Capitol Heights called me after that, and she was not behind on anything. She wanted one thing answered before she picked up the phone again: is this whole business a scam? No, not automatically. Buying houses for cash is legal in Maryland, and plenty of these companies close exactly as they say. But Maryland has statutes that draw a hard line, and there is a short...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/how-to-tell-a-legitimate-home-buyer-maryland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a90285dbbd513a813cc14e2</guid><category><![CDATA[Sell Fast]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:11:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_3498bfaf9dfc44569a2b9c5f2a30a5b6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Siblings Force the Sale of an Inherited House?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The arguing is rarely the mistake. The mistake is what the family believes about who holds the power, and most have it backwards. So, the plain answer for Maryland: yes, one sibling can force the issue. Any co-owner may file a partition action in a Maryland circuit court, and nobody else has to agree. Most families I talk with about selling an inherited house in Maryland never sell to us, and none of this costs anything either way. But filing is not the same as winning. Since October 1, 2022,...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/can-siblings-force-sale-of-inherited-property</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83f173d5e7613c8ba0ec02</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:48:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_949c48c50c6f4d9da53ba109c5bd99c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Sell a House That's Still in Probate in Maryland?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman called me last winter about her mother's split-level in Fort Washington. She had a signed contract and a financed buyer. Then the appraiser showed up at a house with the water shut off since the funeral, and the buyer walked. Yes. You can sell a house in Maryland while the estate is still open. Maryland's Estates and Trusts Article, section 7-401(a)(1), says a personal representative may exercise the powers of the office without application to, approval of, or ratification by the...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/can-you-sell-a-house-in-probate-maryland</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83f070becb69ff147f6335</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:44:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_b7531a8e762742e28607c6c8a831b0e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Probate Fees: What the Estate Actually Pays]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probate is not what makes settling a Maryland estate expensive. The court's share is close to nothing. Maryland probate fees run on a schedule set by statute, and since October 1, 2022 the Register of Wills, the county office that handles estates, has charged nothing at all on a probate estate under $50,000. From $100,000 to just under $500,000 the fee is a flat $200. Cross $500,000 and it becomes $1,000. Those figures are published on the Register of Wills fee schedule and written into the...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/maryland-probate-fees-what-an-estate-pays</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83ef743a73f167659d31dd</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:39:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_894c32e01c744d5caa58ac488204e852~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maryland Probate Step by Step for Heirs Who Inherited a House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is the answer you came for, so I will put it first. In Maryland you cannot sell an inherited house until the Register of Wills has appointed a personal representative and issued Letters of Administration. Once those Letters are in your hand, you can list the house and sell it without going back to court for permission. Everything below is the sequence, and where it trips people up when they have inherited a house in Maryland and are trying to work out what they are allowed to do with it....]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/maryland-probate-step-by-step-for-heirs</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83ee0bbecb69ff147f5fb8</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:35:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_395f324756736b696d4567~mv2_d_5184_2912_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What "Sell an Inherited House Fast" Really Means in Maryland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Her mother's brick rancher outside Upper Marlboro had been sitting empty since the week after the funeral. She lives three states away. Nine months of long weekends driving down to run the water, cut the grass, and carry another stack of postcards off the porch, every one promising cash in seven days. She had decided to sell. She wanted to know how fast, and what it would cost her. The answer surprises most people. A Maryland house in probate can be sold as soon as the Register of Wills...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/sell-inherited-house-fast-what-it-means</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83ecb9d5e7613c8ba0e382</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:30:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_b6b00807757d4ca2b8022d246c023572~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Are Attorney Fees Paid in a Maryland Probate?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Maryland, the probate attorney's fee is an expense of the estate. It comes out of estate assets, not your own pocket, and it cannot be paid until either the Orphans' Court signs an order approving it or every interested person and open-claim creditor signs a written consent filed with the Register of Wills. So when attorney fees are paid in a Maryland probate is a question about approval and about cash, not about your own bank account. I have been doing this in Maryland for more than 25...]]></description><link>https://www.dmvsolutionfirstproperties.com/post/when-attorney-fees-are-paid-maryland-probate</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a83e7436f644c8dfb47685d</guid><category><![CDATA[Probate]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:10:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_a42b49b37e6c4d9a8ecc825f490d4acb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Mike Morris</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>