The house is still in my mom’s name. Can I sell it?

Not the whole house, not on your own. When someone passes and the deed never changes, the property stays in their name at the county and a normal sale cannot close. What you can do is sell your own part of it. That is a separate thing from selling the house, and it does not require the county record to be fixed first. This is the most common situation we see.

Here is why the county record blocks a normal sale. A buyer needs a clear chain of ownership before a title company will insure the deal, and the record still points to a person who has passed. The family knows who the house belongs to. The county does not, because nobody ever filed anything to tell it. That gap is what stops the sale, and it is also why a house can sit in a parent’s name for years while the taxes keep adding up.

Your share is different. When a Texas owner dies without a will, the property passes to the children as undivided shares, and each share belongs to that person from the moment of death. You do not have to open a court case, get a deed changed, or get anyone to sign before you sell your own part. Selling your share does not fix the county record and does not force any relative to do anything. It gets you out from under your piece of it.

Land Fast Offers buys one family member’s share of a Texas house that is still in a parent’s name and behind on the taxes. You do not need the rest of the family to agree, and nothing comes out of your pocket. We do not fix the court paperwork and we do not promise what happens to the house after. Have your own lawyer read anything before you sign it, including ours.

Land Fast Offers LLC
24200 Via Mazzini Way, Suite 301, Richmond, Texas 77406
(281) 953-7671