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What's this scam

I'll be as brief as possible, not me but my wife's family.

  • grandfather died a few years ago and left a home in MA.
  • 2nd wife survived and was left half the home, other half owned by many heirs (bad deed transfer 30-40 years ago). 2nd wife died in December 2020.
  • home showing sold to a "we buy homes" guy for $20,000 (worth 10x that in current condition). Was sold by the grandmothers conservator (don't get me started) on her behalf in September 2020.

Online it shows that the grandfather as grantor (he died several years ago). Looked up the quit claim deed and showed his widow transferring her interest.

My question is... what's the scam here? Is it possible that these buys bought a dirty titled house and are claiming full ownership? The buyer tweeted that he had gone to these Than Merrill seminars, is this part of their thing?

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