Probate, Trust, and Conservatorship Real Estate
Los Angeles Probate and Trust Real Estate Specialists With 60+ Years of Combined Experience
The Sanborn Team helps families, executors, trustees, administrators, conservators, attorneys, and fiduciaries sell probate, trust, and conservatorship real estate across Los Angeles. Led by Nancy Sanborn and Brian Joy at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties, we guide you through court-confirmed sales, overbid hearings, complex offers, and the details that make estate-related property sales different from a standard transaction.
The Sanborn Team is a probate, trust, and conservatorship real estate team based in Beverly Hills and serving Los Angeles County. With 60+ years of combined real estate experience and more than 40 years of focus on probate, trust, and conservatorship real estate, Nancy Sanborn and Brian Joy help families, attorneys, fiduciaries, trustees, administrators, and conservators sell estate-related real property with clarity and confidence.
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Who We Help
- Executors and administrators managing the sale of a home during probate
- Trustees selling real property held in a trust
- Conservators responsible for a conservatee’s property
- Heirs and family members who inherited a property and need guidance
- Attorneys and fiduciaries who need a reliable real estate partner for estate-related property sales
- Property owners planning ahead for a trust or estate-related sale
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What Makes Estate-Related Real Estate Different
Court confirmation and overbids
When a sale needs court confirmation, the offer, the hearing, and the overbid process follow specific rules. We prepare your listing and your buyers for that process.
Fiduciary duty and documentation
Executors, trustees, and conservators answer to the court and to beneficiaries. We help support a defensible price, clear records, and clean communication.
Sensitive timing and family dynamics
Estate-related property sales often involve grief, multiple decision-makers, and out-of-area family. We keep the process calm, organized, and respectful.
Complex properties
Tenant-occupied properties, deferred maintenance, and access challenges are common in estate-related real estate sales. We have experience with these issues.
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Why The Sanborn Team
Probate real estate is the foundation of our practice. For decades, The Sanborn Team has helped set the standard in probate real estate throughout Southern California, successfully guiding clients through hundreds of probate, trust, conservatorship, and court-confirmed property sales. Our depth of knowledge, specialized expertise, and proven process give families, fiduciaries, and attorneys confidence that every estate-related sale is being handled by experienced probate professionals.
- 60+ years of combined real estate experience
- More than 40 years of focus on probate, trust, and conservatorship real estate
- Nancy Sanborn, Executive Director, DRE 00771096
- Brian Joy, Partner, DRE 01324371
- Leadership of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties Probate and Trust Sales Division
- Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist (CPRES) and Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES)
- Spanish-speaking team
- Trusted by attorneys, accountants, trustees, administrators, and conservators across Southern California
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How We Help You Sell
Consultation
We learn about the property, the estate, and where you are in the court process.
Valuation and Strategy
We prepare a defensible price and a marketing plan suited to the sale type.
Preparation
We coordinate access, cleanouts, repairs, and disclosures as needed.
Marketing
Unlike probate specialists who focus primarily on investors, The Sanborn Team markets properties to both investors and owner-occupant buyers. This broader reach can create greater demand, stronger offers, and higher net proceeds for the estate.
Offers and Court Process
We manage offers, the Report of Sale, and the confirmation hearing when required.
Close
We guide the sale to closing and keep everyone informed as the sale moves forward.
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Talk to Nancy or Brian About Probate and Trust Real Estate
Whether you are an executor, trustee, conservator, attorney, or family member, we can walk you through your options with no pressure. Tell us about the property and where you are in the process, and we will explain the clearest path to a sale.
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