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If you\u2019ve ever sold your own house, you know how stressful it can be \u2014 making all the repairs, deep cleaning, corralling kids and pets, staging<\/a>, and photos\u2026 and then the endless, endless showings interspersed with endless, endless cleaning. Yes, selling a house is an enormous endeavor \u2014 and if it\u2019s not your house but your parents\u2019 house, then you probably have a slew of other issues to handle on top of the home sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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We talked to Rita Shaw from the Rita Shaw Broker & Associates, Inc, a brokerage serving the Redlands, California, area and currently managed by Joseph Shaw<\/a>. She walked us through the process of adult children looking to sell their parents\u2019 home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Selling your parents\u2019 house when you\u2019re also dealing with aging (or deceased) parents can be overwhelming for adult children. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":47370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[326,319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inheritance","category-selling-advice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Sell Your Parents\u2019 House When They Can\u2019t (For Any Reason)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Selling your parents\u2019 house when you\u2019re also dealing with aging (or deceased) parents can be overwhelming for adult children. 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