I think you can probate the estate with the existing/remaining real property, and I have heard that some lawyers in ND open a quiet title proceeding, although some say this is wrong. I think your best bet would be to contact some ND lawyers outside the oil patch [eastern counties] and ask them how they are going to settle things if you hire them. If all the heirs agree and the lawyer says the quiet title would work, I would find it attractive, because your title would be perfect by court decree a couple of years after the proceedings. The couple of years as I understand it would be for other claimants to come forward, but that shouldn’t happen if you have gathered all the heirs, and when the time is up even if someone has a better claim than yours it wouldn’t matter. Of course this would all be predicated on your lawyer’s opinion that it was a workable action. Talk to a lawyer.