estate sales will also likely be on the rise in the coming years due to our aging population. for some, an estate sale house is the ideal fix-and-flip property. for real estate investors, this can be exactly the type of seller motivation that leads to profitable deals. additionally, unlike a typical home sale that allows the purchase to be contingent on the results of an inspection, the only reasons you can get your deposit back when buying an estate sale house are if you are overbid at auction or if the court rejects the offer. widening the net to include estate sales could result in a profitable deal on a property that you won’t find in traditional real estate listings. if you see properties of interest, contact the executor or the seller to ask who the listing agent is.