Properties with 5, 10, or 20+ heirs
Fractional ownership grows geometrically across generations. We rebuild the family tree, locate every rightful heir, and resolve the share structure so the property can transact.
Estate Resolution Specialists · Chicago
We solve estates no one else can.
Chicago-based estate resolution for heirs, attorneys, and counties facing the hardest cases — multi-heir disputes, tax-delinquent properties, and pre-auction recoveries.
- Privately funded
- Chicago HQ
- Licensed PI & legal partners
- 30+ years of real estate experience
01What we solve
The problems other firms walk away from.
Tax-delinquent estates facing auction
When the clock is short, ordinary firms walk. We move on cases days from sale — paying delinquent taxes, clearing senior liens, and recovering equity that would otherwise transfer for cents.
Estates where the rightful heir cannot be found
Decedents leave thin paper trails. Through public records, vital statistics, and licensed skip-tracing, we identify and verify heirs others have written off.
02Process
Discover. Research. Recover. Resolve.
Four phases. Privately funded, attorney-coordinated, and quiet by default.
Phase 01
We review the situation in confidence — title, recorded interests, tax status, time pressure. You learn within days whether there is a recoverable position and what shape the case is likely to take.
03Case studies
Anonymized representative outcomes.
Specific numbers and locations have been modified to protect heir privacy. Hover a card on desktop, or tap to read the case on mobile.
Cook County, IL
Multi-heir SFR · 92 days from tax sale
Recovery
$487,200
Time to close
71 days
Five rightful heirs identified across three states through a four-generation family tree. Delinquent taxes paid in week two; quitclaim deeds executed by week eight. Property sold at market; proceeds distributed pro-rata net of fees.
Cook County, IL
Five rightful heirs identified across three states through a four-generation family tree. Delinquent taxes paid in week two; quitclaim deeds executed by week eight. Property sold at market; proceeds distributed pro-rata net of fees.
Marion County, IN
Decedent estate · sole heir presumed deceased
Recovery
$214,000
Time to close
118 days
Skip-tracing surfaced a surviving second cousin in another state — verified through vital records and witness affidavits. Probate opened, title cleared, and the property listed within four months.
Marion County, IN
Skip-tracing surfaced a surviving second cousin in another state — verified through vital records and witness affidavits. Probate opened, title cleared, and the property listed within four months.
Wayne County, MI
20+ heir vacant lot · pending county scavenger sale
Recovery
$96,400
Time to close
54 days
Twenty-three fractional interests consolidated in under two months by direct outreach and standardized release agreements. County hold secured during recovery; sale completed before the scavenger calendar.
Wayne County, MI
Twenty-three fractional interests consolidated in under two months by direct outreach and standardized release agreements. County hold secured during recovery; sale completed before the scavenger calendar.
Referral partners
We pay finders' fees. We close. Your client relationship stays yours.
- Probate attorneys
Co-counsel arrangements where heir-search and property recovery sit alongside your existing scope. We invoice or revenue-share — your client relationship is yours.
- Title companies
Hand off the chains we cannot all be expected to chase. Quiet titles, missing-heir releases, fractional consolidations — we close the file or hand it back cleanly.
- County clerks & municipalities
We move tax-delinquent inventory before the auction calendar, returning equity to families and recovering owed taxes for the county at the same time.
04The team
A small senior team. No call centers, no contingency mills.
Senior operators, not call-center reps. Every case is run by a partner who can sign for capital, coordinate counsel, and close.
Managing Partner
Sets case strategy, approves capital, and signs every engagement.
Director, Heir Research
Leads the genealogical and skip-trace work that locates rightful heirs.
Director, Field Operations
Owns title work, county relationships, and the path to closing.
Counsel
Coordinates legal partners and oversees distributions and disclosures.
Submit a case
Have an estate that's stuck? We'd like to take a look.
Confidential intake. We review every case in private and only proceed with cases we can actually move.