Camden
New construction, professionally staged
InheritedLA · Los Angeles
I inherited a property in Los Angeles. What now?
You don't need to become a probate expert, contractor and appraiser overnight. You need clear options, a realistic plan, and a sale you can defend to the court, the beneficiaries, or yourself.
Real estate guidance for heirs, executors, trustees, fiduciaries, and families. Not legal or tax advice.
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FROM THE FIELD · ACTUAL LOS ANGELES PROPERTIES
Real homes. Different decisions. One disciplined approach.
A property's condition, legal framework and likely buyer can all change the sale plan. These photographs are from our actual work, not stock homes.
HOLLYWOOD HILLS · PROBATE
Out-of-state sellers.
We coordinated the property preparation. Sold $41k over asking.
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The knowledge is useful. The execution is the service.
We can coordinate the property from inherited to sold.
Valuation
As-is value, improved value, investor value, and realistic retail positioning.
Clearing & Cleaning
Estate-sale coordination, donations, hauling, cleaning, and property access.
Repairs
Vendors, bids, prioritization, and restraint when the numbers do not justify the work.
Preparation
Design, staging, landscaping, photography, video, and market-ready presentation.
Marketing
A retail launch designed around the property's strengths rather than its history.
Sale Management
Offers, disclosures, buyer qualification, escrow, professionals, and closing coordination.
SEE MATIAS IN ACTION · BEHIND THE SALE
How a property gets ready for market.
Before
Initial condition documented
In progress
Preparation in progress
Ready for market
Prepared and staged for marketing
One property, documented through each stage. The scope of preparation varies. Sometimes clean-out and cleaning are enough.
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BEHIND THE SALE
The Property Shoot
How preparation, photography, and presentation create stronger market exposure.
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BEHIND THE SALE
Marketing to the Right Buyer
How a buyer profile shapes pricing, photography, and where the listing is marketed.
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BEHIND THE SALE
Renovating to Sell
When improving a property before sale creates value, and how buyer feedback shapes the renovation plan.
Watch the video →PROPERTY MARKETING IN PRACTICE
See how we market real properties
New construction, remodeled homes, as-is trust sales, and heavy fixers. Each property calls for its own approach.
43rd Pl
Remodeled, professionally staged
Loreta
As-is trust sale, virtually staged
Penfield
Heavy fixer probate requiring court confirmation
Inherited Property Resources
Practical guides for Los Angeles inherited-property decisions
These pages cover the problems families run into most often after inheriting a home: security, occupants, court confirmation, personal property, preparation costs, scams, beneficiary rights, conservatorships and fiduciary documentation.
First Steps After a Death
Security, insurance, utilities, documents, and first steps.
Probate & Inherited Home Scams
Cash offers, advances and loans that target families after a death.
Beneficiary Rights
What heirs are entitled to, and the red flags to watch for.
Choosing a Probate Realtor
The questions that matter before you hire an agent.
Court Confirmation & Probate Overbids
How confirmation, bidding, and court timing can affect a sale.
Selling an Occupied Inherited Property
Tenants, relatives, access, showings, timing, and value.
Handling Personal Property
What to organize before preparing or selling the home.
Fiduciary Sale Support
Process, documentation, reporting, and communication support.
Paying for Preparation
Understand preparation costs, options for paying at closing, and when spending may not make sense.
Conservatorship Sales
Preparing and selling a conservatee’s home with careful coordination, documentation, and respect for their belongings.
The first big decision
Sell it as-is, improve it, or do something in between?
There is no automatic right answer. A $50,000 renovation is not smart merely because it raises the sale price by $60,000. We look at the likely resale lift, time, risk, financing, carrying costs, buyer pool, and the estate's priorities before recommending a path.
Selling is not always the right next step. We help you understand the numbers and options, even if you decide to keep the property.
Compare the OptionsYou do not need to diagnose the legal structure first
Tell us what happened. We will help organize the real estate side.
Inherited property can arrive through very different legal paths. The practical real estate questions are often the same: What is it worth? What condition is it really in? Should we spend money? Who handles the work? What could derail a sale?
Probate
Property being sold by a personal representative, with or without court confirmation.
Explore probate sales →Trust
A successor trustee needs to make defensible decisions and sell a property responsibly.
Explore trust sales →Inherited Home
The title may already be settled, but the house, belongings, repairs, and family decisions are not.
Explore inherited homes →Fiduciary / Conservatorship
A sale that demands documentation, coordination, market evidence, and a clean process.
See fiduciary support →A simple process
From understanding the property to closing the sale.
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Understand the property
First, we identify what could affect the sale: condition, title, occupancy, belongings, deferred maintenance, and market position.
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Compare the paths
Then you compare the likely proceeds, time, and risk of each option before deciding on a path.
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Prepare & launch
Once you approve the plan, we coordinate the work and launch the property.
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Manage the sale
From offer review through closing, we keep you informed and document the decisions along the way.
Watch the fiduciary sale process
The work starts long before a property goes on the market.
Every fiduciary sale is different. We regularly work through deferred maintenance, occupied properties, cleanouts, repairs, title and insurance issues, court requirements, and decisions being made from hundreds or thousands of miles away. See how we’ve handled real probate, trust, and conservatorship sales across Southern California.
Continue to Part 2 → Non-contingent fiduciary salesExplore our case studiesCase studies
Difficult properties. Documented results.
Conservatorships, probate estates, occupied homes, and tenant-filled portfolios across Los Angeles. Each case study shows the situation, the strategy, and the result.
Review our case studiesMixed portfolioSingle-family, multifamily, and commercial properties sold as-is, including sales with tenants in place.
Title issues clearedProactive title work during escrow kept a complex property sale on schedule.
We have also sold homes next to the freeway, homes with reverse mortgages, properties with pending litigation, and properties with title problems. No two inherited properties need the same plan. The case studies show how we build the right one.
CLIENT REVIEWS
In their own words.
Matias sold my son’s house that was in probate following my son’s death. The sale became challenging after an attempted robbery that occurred in escrow. Matias was very informative and skillful in helping us prepare the house, negotiating the sale, and helping us after attempted robbery to close escrow and complete the sale. Both co-administrators for my son’s estate including his mother and me live in other states so having an excellent real estate agent really helped us. Thanks Matias!!!
I had the pleasure of working with Matias recently, and I can confidently say that he is one of the most dedicated and trustworthy real estate agents in Beverly Hills. Throughout my experience working with Matias, I was continually impressed by his professionalism and attention to detail. The situation was complicated involving probate and estate planning.
I worked with Matias on a probate that required court confirmation. He was on top of the entire process and because he was very communicative I knew exactly what to expect. I don’t like surprises so I am very happy with the results. He is very competent and a nice person too!
I run a property management company and have worked with many realtors—Matias is one of the best. We regularly refer clients to him, especially for distressed sales or more challenging situations, because he handles them with professionalism, expertise, and care. His deep market knowledge and commitment to service always leave our clients in great hands.
I could’t sell my DTLA loft for almost a year. I had given up and was ready to short sale or foreclose. Matias reached out to me after my real estate agent had given up. I thought Matias was blowing smoke up my you know what when he said he could sell my loft in 15 days. Well he did, not only that but he sold it for more than what I thought was possible in the bad housing market. I would definitely have him sell my next property.
I had a great experience with Matias selling our house in Culver City. Not only is he a good guy, but got us over-asking, was incredibly responsive and knows everyone in the local market.
Real Estate Broker Matias Masucci is the very best. I recently worked with Matias to buy my new home. Matias kept in touch with me every day, including Sundays. His expertise and wisdom helped me buy a good home in the crazy frenzy Los Angeles real estate market. No easy feat! Please do yourself a favor. Talk with Matias before you hire a broker. I’ve been in the real estate business as an apartment building owner for 20 years, and I’ve dealt with many people in the real estate business. Matias is the best person I’ve had the pleasure to work with. A+
If charm, professionalism, character,efficiency, and a genuine love of his chosen career are what you are looking for, then go no further than Matias Baker Masucci. He cheered me up when I was terrified by the process of buying and selling properties and he massaged my ego when I felt like an idiot. He has a love of people that is transparently genuine. Every other professional he referred me to (insurance brokers, mortgage brokers etc.) delivered expertly and in a timely manner.
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Frequently asked
Start with the question you actually have.
Do I have to repair an inherited house before selling it?
No. The better question is whether specific improvements are likely to produce enough additional net proceeds to justify their cost, time, and risk.
Can you sell a property during probate?
Often yes, but the authority and sale procedure depend on the estate and the representative's powers. We handle the real estate side and work with your attorney, if one is involved, on anything legal.
What if the house is full of belongings?
That is normal. We can help organize a practical plan for personal property, estate-sale vendors, donations, hauling, cleaning, and property preparation.
Can you help if heirs disagree about what to do?
We can provide market evidence, valuation scenarios, sale options, and the practical consequences of each path. Legal disputes should be handled by the appropriate attorney.
Do I need to know the home's value before we talk?
No. Evaluating the property and comparing realistic sale paths is exactly where we can start.