Why? Because some foreclosure properties could be taken back due to certain guidelines, because it never made it to a probate case. Could be different from other states, sometimes families let properties go to pre-foreclosure to be foreclosed on, due to a lack of knowledge and sometimes ignorance to not attempt to open a probate of the state. In some cases, it could be intestate a process who inherits the property with no will, deal with a probate attorney or title company to handle the situation.