Inherited a House in Texas, Now What
Selling a House You Inherited in Texas An inherited house in Texas usually arrives with a legal question attached, and answering it first saves months. The question is not what the house is worth. It is whether you currently have the authority to sell it. A buyer's title company will want proof that ownership passed properly. How you establish that depends on how the estate was handled. If there is a will and it goes through probate, the executor named in it general