Costa Mesa · Probate Sales
Probate Home Sales in Costa Mesa
Organized help for executors, working alongside your probate attorney.
Estate properties come in every shape here
An estate in Costa Mesa might be an original cottage full of belongings, a remodeled single-family home, or a duplex with tenants in one unit. Each one needs a different plan, and the executor is often handling it while grieving.
I'm Jeanette Nelson of Jeanette Nelson Real Estate. I've trained in probate sales and I'm a Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES®). I take the real estate side off your plate and work alongside your probate attorney.
Let's Start With a Conversation
How I help Costa Mesa executors
- A walkthrough and a written plan for clean-out, repairs and timing
- Estate sale companies, clean-out crews and contractors I know, coordinated for you
- A price from sales of the same kind of property, which matters in a city this varied. See Costa Mesa home values.
- If a property has tenants, coordination around them, with your attorney guiding their rights and notices
I'm not an attorney, and nothing here is legal or tax advice.
What one family said
"Within 30 minutes of her walking into my mother's home she was on the phone with someone she knew who did estate sales..."
Kim C., February 2026
Read California Assembly Bill 2016 for background, and see my probate sales page. If the home is in a living trust, see trust sales in Costa Mesa.
Let's start with a conversation
Tell me where things stand. Reach out here or call (714) 366-8575.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you sell a Costa Mesa duplex that has tenants during probate?
Yes. Jeanette coordinates the sale around the tenants, and your probate attorney guides tenant rights and any required notices.
Do you work with probate attorneys?
Yes. Jeanette Nelson coordinates with the estate's attorney so the sale fits the probate process. She does not give legal advice.
Who clears out the house?
Jeanette connects executors with estate sale companies, clean-out crews and contractors and coordinates the work.
Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa at a glance
Where Character Meets Coastal Living.
- The homes
- Eclectic. A mix of residential zoning and development patterns: single-family homes alongside duplexes and other multifamily properties, condos, townhomes, accessory units, older cottages, remodeled homes and newer construction. Architecture, lot configurations and property types can vary street to street.
- Why people choose it
- People choose it for its variety and personality, and to enjoy neighboring Newport Beach's beaches, restaurants, shopping and coastal lifestyle without Newport Beach home prices. Eastside Costa Mesa, Mesa Verde and the Westside each feel different.
- Getting around
- Access to the 55, 405 and 73, and close to Irvine, Newport Beach and John Wayne Airport.
- Nearby
- South Coast Plaza, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, a strong restaurant, coffee and local business scene, and Newport Beach next door.
- The trade-off
- Versus Huntington Beach: Costa Mesa is not a beach city. Parts of Eastside Costa Mesa are very close to the ocean, but there are no miles of coastline, beachfront bike path, pier or surf-town setting outside your door.
The method
How we do it in Costa Mesa
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Ready to make your move with Jeanette Nelson Real Estate?