Posts by Tatiana Zagorovski

How Missouri Probate Works: Independent vs. Supervised Administration If you are administering an estate in Missouri, one of the first things that shapes everything — including how you sell the house — is whether the estate is in independent or supervised administration. Here is the difference in plain English, with the reminder that a probate…

Selling a House in Probate in St. Louis, Missouri When a loved one passes and their house becomes part of an estate, selling it is rarely as simple as putting up a sign. In Missouri, the home usually has to move through the probate process first — a court-supervised procedure with its own rules about…

St. Louis City Occupancy Permit & Housing Conservation Inspection The City of St. Louis runs its own occupancy process, separate from St. Louis County and the surrounding municipalities. If your home is inside the City limits, here is what the Housing Conservation District inspection means for your sale — and how to sell as-is if…

 Selling a House That Won’t Pass Occupancy Inspection in St. Louis When an occupancy inspection comes back with a repair list you cannot afford or finish in time, it can feel like the sale is dead. It is not. You can sell a house that will not pass occupancy inspection in St. Louis — as-is,…

How St. Louis Occupancy Inspections Work When You Sell If your St. Louis-area sale requires an occupancy permit, knowing how the inspection works removes most of the stress. Here is the process, step by step — with the important caveat that the details vary by municipality, so you should always confirm with your specific city…

Selling a House That Needs an Occupancy Permit in St. Louis You found a buyer, agreed on a price, and then learned your municipality requires an occupancy permit before the home can change hands — and the inspection turned up a list of repairs. For a lot of St. Louis-area sellers, this is the moment…

Selling a House With a Property Tax Lien in St. Louis County A property tax lien on your St. Louis County home does not stop you from selling it — it just has to be paid off as part of the sale, which happens at closing. If unpaid taxes have become a lien against your…

How to Stop a Tax Sale on Your St. Louis Home A tax-sale notice with your parcel on the list is alarming, but it does not mean the home is gone. Right up until the sale is final, you usually have options to stop it — and one of them is selling the home in…

How Missouri’s Property Tax Sale Works If you have fallen behind on St. Louis property taxes, the process can feel like a black box: tax sales, certificates of purchase, redemption, sheriff’s auctions. Here it is in plain English, step by step, so you know exactly where you stand and how much time you have. Get…

Selling a House With Delinquent Property Taxes in St. Louis Falling behind on property taxes is frightening, especially once your parcel shows up on a published tax-sale list or you get notice that a tax suit has been filed. Many St. Louis homeowners assume that means the house is already lost. It is not. You…