Estate & Trust Multifamily Sales · Los Angeles
Beneficiary, fiduciary, trustee, or executor, we sell the estate’s apartment building as-is, tenants and paperwork included, at no upfront cost to the estate.
✓ No upfront cost to the estate
✓ Sold as-is; no repairs
✓ Tenants & paperwork handled
Written valuation + net-proceeds analysis for every beneficiary, at no cost.
Multifamily sales closed in LA
List-to-close success rate
Apartment Buildings Sold
We take it off your hands
An estate-held apartment building usually arrives with an RSO rent roll the previous owner kept in their head, tenants well below market, repairs the estate cannot fund, and beneficiaries on different timelines. Every part of our program exists to take that off your hands.
Referrals for a date of death valuation for your attorney, current market value delivered as a BOV, and net proceeds calculated after transfer taxes such as ULA and closing costs, all in writing, for every estate beneficiary.
We reconstruct the rent roll from leases, deposits, and payment records, benchmark every unit against the market, and run all tenant communication and estoppels through escrow. No heir knocks on a door; no work falls on the estate.
We carefully price and position the building for as-is buyers, including our exclusive off-market investor network, so the estate sells without funding any single repair.
We coordinate directly with your estate attorney, fiduciary, and CPA, and report to all beneficiaries on one schedule, so nobody chases updates, and the file stays clean.
Whatever the sale path
When the building is trust-held, your successor trustee authority typically allows a sale without court involvement. We run the valuation, marketing, and negotiation under your attorney’s guidance, and document pricing against comps and underwriting, so your fiduciary duty is protected by a defensible, market-tested sale.
With full authority under the Independent Administration of Estates Act, we sell close to a standard transaction. Without it, the sale requires court confirmation, where the accepted offer can be overbid at the hearing, so we price and recruit backup bidders specifically to make the overbid process raise the estate’s price rather than threaten the deal.
Most inherited buildings sit with siblings who agree on one thing: nobody wants to become a landlord. We give every beneficiary the precise three numbers: market value, net proceeds, and monthly holding cost, plus one crucial timing consideration: the stepped-up basis resets taxable value to the date-of-death value, so selling promptly minimizes gains.
Send the property address and we’ll prepare the estate’s valuation and net-proceeds analysis at no cost.
Start to distribution
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A written valuation and net-proceeds analysis for the estate, free, usually within a few business days of receiving the address and any records you have.
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We confirm the right sale path with your estate attorney, whether trust or probate, and then we build the whole process timeline carefully around that route.
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Tenancies documented, units benchmarked, building positioned for as-is buyers, with no estate money spent.
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Marketed to our investor network and the open market; for court-confirmation sales, backup bidders lined up before the hearing.
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Estoppels, buyer diligence, and closing managed end to end, with proceeds delivered to the estate for distribution.
For estate attorneys & fiduciaries
We support probate attorneys, professional fiduciaries, and trustees who need a multifamily specialist rather than a generalist. We handle estate dispositions across the City of LA and LA County, including RSO buildings in Koreatown, Hollywood, and South Los Angeles.
→ Fast written valuations for filings
→ As-is dispositions, no estate repair spend
→ Tenant & rent-roll management through escrow
→ Reporting your file can rely on
For investors
Estate and trust sales are also acquisition opportunities: motivated sellers, as-is pricing, and often less competition than open-market listings. If you’re an investor looking for estate-held buildings, we bring these to our buyer network first, frequently before they reach the open market.
Success stories
We sold our Venice Beach multifamily property a few years ago with him about a year ago. The whole process took 42 days, and I was thrilled with how smooth everything went from start to finish. Max Berger and his team were incredible throughout, tough, thoughtful negotiators, all while staying professional and moving forward.
I had a great experience working with Max Berger. I live a San Fransisco and he helped me sell an inherited multifamily property in Echo Park and made the entire process smooth from start to finish. He delivered exactly what he promised and achieved the pricing he told me he could get. I truly appreciate his honesty, professionalism.
Max Berger executed the sale and 1031 exchange of my apartment building to perfection. There were a couple of times during escrow when the deal began to go sideways and looked like it wasn't going to close. I thankfully do not own anymore apartments in Los Angeles but if I did, i would absolutely use Max again to represent me.
About three years ago, we hired Max Berger to sell one of our three apartment buildings in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles. He got exactly what we were asking for, quickly, and handled everything very professionally. He sold both buildings in the same professional manner. I would definitely recommend Max Berger!
Max Berger handled the sale of my apartment building in Century City. Max handled them all very well and with a very positive attitude. Max worked very hard to make sure that the property closed even though there were so many problems that we ran into. I would recommend Max Berger for anyone who wants to buy or sell property in LA County.
FAQs
Get two numbers before any decision: current market value and what the estate nets from a sale. Both are in the free valuation we prepare, and you need them whether you sell or hold.
Usually far less than people fear. The stepped-up basis resets the building’s tax value to its date-of-death value, so selling near that value can produce little taxable gain. Confirm your numbers with a CPA; we provide the valuation they work from.
Their leases and rent-stabilization protections continue unchanged, and a sale is not a ground for eviction in Los Angeles, the buyer inherits the tenancies.
Confirm your authority under the trust document with your attorney, obtain a written valuation, notify beneficiaries where the trust requires it, and engage a broker with trust-sale experience in your asset type. Steps one and two are where we usually start together.
Yes, but the sale must be transparent, at a defensible market price, and consistent with the trustee’s duty to all beneficiaries, which usually means independent valuation and legal review. Our written valuation and comps documentation is exactly what that review relies on.
California law provides court remedies like partition when beneficiaries cannot agree, but litigation consumes estate value. A documented market sale with the same numbers in front of every heir resolves most disagreements before they get there.
Generally no. A successor trustee can typically sell without court involvement, which is faster and more private. Your estate attorney confirms the path; we run the sale on either one.
Free · No obligation
Send the property address, and we’ll prepare a written valuation and net-proceeds analysis for the estate, including transfer taxes and closing costs, so every beneficiary sees the same numbers.
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