Unfortunately, I don't live in a small town. It'll be impossible to cold call all of the storages. The problem is compounded by him having lived in two adjacent cities, both fairly large.

Ok. Thanks for the tips.

To be clear, if I file as an appointed administrator of his estate, I simply have to take care of his debt via his estate right? I'm not inheriting any personally liability for any of his debt?

Yeah the roommate likely took anything of value or tossed it out. I would contact the roommate but I don't know how. I don't know who he is or where he lived before his passing. My brother was a hoarder and a long time ago, was known to have kept a storage locker. So that is something else that I don't know how to go about checking.

Unfortunately, my parents both passed. Only his estranged siblings are alive. I am not the oldest, but the youngest. Does this have any bearing on who would inherit his estate?

I think he's been on government disability for the past decade as he's been unable to work but still managed to survive. Doesn't this coupled with him being 67 years old meant he had government assistance? So medical debt may not be an issue.

Honestly, I doubt he had much assets to pay someone to pursue. I just figured if I can donate whatever he has, it's at least one last thing I can do for him to get him some good karma.

Nope. I doubt my brother officially announced anyone as an executor to his estate. He may or may not have left a will. All I know is he lived with a roommate. I don't know who it is or even where he lived. His next of kin is probably just his estranged siblings. Currently, handling his business defaults to me since I was the one who picked up the call from the investigator searching for his family.