For attorneys, trustees, executors, and families managing inherited South Florida property — a broker who handles these transactions with the care and discretion they require.
A residential transaction arising from a death, an estate disposition, or a trust restructuring is not the same as a typical sale. The seller may be an executor, a trustee, or a court-appointed personal representative. Multiple beneficiaries may hold interests. The property may have sat unmaintained for months. There may be unresolved liens, ownership questions, or court-supervised approval requirements. And the family — often grieving, often non-local, sometimes in conflict — needs a broker who understands both the technical complexity and the emotional context.
Marie has worked on probate, trust, and estate dispositions since founding Blue Mar in 2004. The work draws on a stable network of estate, trust, and probate attorneys across South Florida, along with the title, settlement, and preparation professionals these transactions tend to require.
Every estate disposition is different. Below is the framework Marie applies — adjusted to each family's specific circumstances.
An on-site walkthrough to assess condition, deferred maintenance, market positioning, and the realistic range of outcomes. No pressure, no listing agreement, no commitment. The goal of the first visit is to give the family enough information to make decisions on their timeline.
Real estate cannot move forward without legal authority. Marie works directly with the family's estate attorney to confirm authority to sell, confirm any court approval requirements, and align the marketing timeline with the probate or trust timeline.
Often the property has been unoccupied for months. Marie coordinates light-touch preparation — landscaping, deep cleaning, minor repairs, professional photography, sometimes light staging — calibrated to the level of effort that maximizes return without overspending.
Estate properties often benefit from quiet marketing rather than maximum exposure — particularly when there are sensitive family circumstances, ongoing disputes, or media interest. Marie tailors marketing strategy to the family's preferences, ranging from full MLS exposure to private-network marketing only.
Estate transactions invite opportunistic offers. Marie filters, presents, and structures negotiations with executors, trustees, and beneficiaries — often where multiple parties must agree on terms. Buyer financing and contingency review is rigorous; estate sales rarely tolerate surprises.
Estate closings require additional documentation: letters of authority, certified court orders, sometimes specific releases from beneficiaries. Marie works with the family's counsel and the title company to ensure documentation is in place before contract, not at the closing table.
You may be the named beneficiary, an executor, or one of several family members managing a parent's estate. The property may be the family home or a residence acquired during a parent's later years. You may live out of state.
A first conversation with Marie is at no cost and creates no obligation. She'll walk through the property, the realistic timeline, the legal sequence, and the decisions you'll need to make. Most families speak with her several times before deciding whether to engage formally.
The successor trustee — whether a family member, a corporate trustee, or an estate planning attorney — has the authority and the obligation to dispose of trust property under the trust's terms.
Marie works with both individual and corporate trustees, and is familiar with the documentation requirements, the fiduciary calculus, and the kinds of buyer financing that survive trustee review.
You've been appointed by the court to administer the estate. The property is one asset among several. Florida's probate process imposes specific timelines and reporting obligations.
Marie has experience with formal probate sales requiring court approval, summary administration sales, and dependent administration sales. She works with your counsel on the sequence and timing that satisfies the court without delaying the family.
Your client needs a broker who will work with you, follow your guidance on disclosure and authority, and not create complications that come back to your desk.
Marie maintains active relationships with estate, probate, and trust attorneys across South Florida. She communicates in your registers, follows the protocols you establish, and reports to you in the rhythm you prefer. Your client experience is your reputation; she treats it that way.
If you are an estate planning attorney, probate counsel, trust officer, or fiduciary, Marie maintains a direct relationship for ongoing referrals.
Marie handles all client interaction directly with the family or trustee, but reports to your office on the cadence you prefer. You receive copies of all correspondence relevant to the disposition. There is never a moment when you don't know where things stand. No referral fees pass between us.
Documentation packaged for your review at every stage. Closings coordinated with your office's preferred title company if you have one. Discretion appropriate to the family's circumstances. The work approached with the care and consistency that estate property dispositions require.