[HardDrive]

My neighbor died last week. I have been trying to help his widow sort things out. I posted the other day about offering her a reverse mortgage. Everyone said it was a bad idea all around, so I dropped it.

But I'm still trying to help her sort things out. She knows nothing about the finances. Her husband was a bit of nut. He was an epic cheap ass, and it shows. Their house is literally falling apart.

I now find out that the title of their home is not in their name! Its listed as "(insert name here) fiduciary foundation". I can find no record of this entity in WA state.

I had also posted here about potential title problems with an old Mercedes of theirs that I am trying to help her sell. I found an old document that showed that the MB was leased to the couple from the same foundation that owned the house.

The obvious answer here it, 'tell her to get a lawyer'. I think we will end up doing that, but she is flat broke. She's not faking it. As far as I can tell she's living off SS benefits. If I can unravel any bit of this for her so that it doesn't cost her $, I would like too.

If her husband concocted some sort of legal entity to avoid paying taxes, how can I find this entity? This couple have lived in this place for 40 years, but tax records show that it was sold to the fiduciary foundation back in 2003.

Making the assumption that both I and the window can not find any record of the foundation, how do we proceed?