Key steps, taxes and family considerations of inherited property.

Heirs’ property is usually defined as land handed down without clear, official documentation. Over the course of the 20th century, Black Americans lost roughly 80% of the property they owned at the ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look at the issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...

Heirs' property refers to land passed down informally from generation to generation and split between heirs, often with no formal transfer title. As decades go by, a parcel of land can end up with ...

It was a hot July afternoon, and Saul Blair stood at the edge of a forest in northern Georgia, watching a pickup truck bounce along a rutted dirt road. Blair is a retired health care executive who ...

“The Heir's Property" is an in-depth look atthe issue of land passed down through generations, told through the lens of one man’s struggle to retain land purchased a century ago by his ...