Selling Your Partial Interest in a Property
Stuck With a Partial Interest? You’re Not Actually Stuck.
Owning a partial interest in a property — whether through inheritance, divorce, or a business partnership — can leave you feeling stuck. You may want to sell, but your co-owner doesn’t. Or the title is complicated by multiple heirs. Here’s what you need to know about your options — and how Royal Groups Realty can buy your share even when other cash buyers won’t.
How Partial Property Ownership Happens
- Inheritance: Multiple heirs inherit equal shares of a family home
- Divorce: Community property split between spouses
- Business partnership: Two or more people purchased property together
- Partition deed: Property was divided by a prior court action
- Gift or transfer: A parent added an adult child to the deed
Can You Sell Your Partial Interest?
Yes — but it’s complicated. You can legally sell your ownership share, but finding a buyer who wants to own property with a stranger is difficult. Most traditional buyers won’t consider it. Cash investors who specialize in partial interests are the most realistic buyers.
That’s exactly what we do. Royal Groups Realty specializes in partial interest purchases across Texas and Georgia. We can buy your share even if the other owner doesn’t want to sell.
💡 We specialize in partial interest purchases across Texas and Georgia. We can buy your share even if the other owner doesn’t want to sell. Call 469-665-8481.
Why Sellers Choose Royal Groups Realty
The Partition Action Option
If co-owners can’t agree, any owner can file a partition lawsuit. A court will either physically divide the property (rare for homes) or order a forced sale and split the proceeds. This is costly and slow — often taking 12–18 months and $5,000–$15,000+ in legal fees.
A negotiated cash sale is almost always preferable. Even in partition situations, we can often reach agreement with the unwilling co-owner once real money is on the table.
Inherited Properties With Multiple Heirs
This is one of the most common situations we handle. When multiple siblings inherit a home and can’t agree, we often buy out the willing heirs first and then work to reach a full-property sale. This gives the heirs who want to move on immediate liquidity while giving the holdout time to decide.
Read more: Selling an Inherited Home in Georgia and Probate Real Estate in Texas & Georgia.
Title Issues We Can Work With
Partial interest sales often come with complicated title. We handle these regularly:
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Under Texas and Georgia law, you have the right to sell your ownership interest independently. You cannot force your co-owner to sell theirs, but you can sell yours — and we regularly buy these fractional interests when other cash buyers won’t.
Typically less than a proportional share of the full property value, because the buyer takes on the complication of owning with an unwilling co-owner. Our offer reflects the practical resale value, not just the math. We share the numbers openly.
A partition action is a lawsuit where you ask the court to either physically divide the property or force a sale and split the proceeds. Rare for homes to be physically divided — usually results in a court-ordered sale. Costs $5,000–$15,000+ in legal fees and takes 12–18 months. Almost always more painful than a negotiated cash sale.
Yes — this is one of our most common situations. We often buy from willing heirs first and work toward a full-property resolution. Read: Selling an Inherited Home in Georgia.
We buy from divorcing spouses regularly — either individual interests or full-property sales once agreement is reached. Read: Selling a House During Divorce in Texas.
We work with title issues that scare off most buyers. Missing heirs, old judgments, clouded chains of title — the title company handles the cleanup at closing.