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A Commitment to Clarity & Support Throughout Your Probate Process
The combined complexities of your estate executors duties and dealing with your emotional loss of a family member or friend can leave you feeling exhausted and overwhelmed.
As a certified probate real estate specialist, I’m committed to give you a clear picture of all your options so that you feel you are making the best decisions every step of the way during your probate settlement.
Probate is Difficult – We Can Help
From start to finish, we support you and your efforts through consistent, high-quality communication and actions that reduce your overall workload.
When you need help with your property, we take care of coordinating and scheduling the industry’s best professionals—individuals who are not only experts in their craft, but also compassionate and caring.
Having helped many executors like you, we understand that managing the details of an estate for a loved one who has passed away can be a challenging responsibility.
From the initial filing of paperwork to the sale of the real estate and the final settlement of the estate, our goal is to support, guide, and provide you with a clear understanding of all your options, so you can feel confident that you’re making the best possible decisions as a probate estate executor.
We care deeply about the people we assist during the probate process, and we understand that you may need time to grieve the loss of a family member or friend.
We are committed to providing executors with a compassionate and proven approach that minimizes stress and effort—helping the entire probate process go more smoothly.
As Certified Probate Real Estate Specialists (CPRES), we specialize in educating you about the current real estate market, ensuring that all appropriate and legal steps are followed when you decide to sell a property held in probate. Most importantly, we guide you through every phase of the real estate transaction, negotiating the price and terms that best meet the needs of you and your family.
A Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist receives specialized training to handle the sale of properties in probate, and understands how court-confirmation probate sales work, how to manage real estate sales under living trusts and conservatorships, and the specific probate laws regarding property sales in your state.
Thanks to our CPRES training, we are with you every step of the way, supporting you throughout the sale of your loved one’s property.
This includes assistance with both large and small details—from helping you select and schedule top service providers (such as professionals to organize personal property, complete handyman tasks, conduct estate liquidation or appraisals) all the way through to the successful closing of the home sale.
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Making Things Easier For You As A Probate Executor
By giving you access to the best team of professional service providers, you do not have to go and search out and interview multiple people and risk receiving poor service.
It has taken me many years to develop and offer you the absolute best network of service providers to help assist you as you navigate the probate process.
In addition to helping to give you clarity in dealing the most common probate challenges, I can also help you secure the services of competent professionals, some of these include:
Probate Attorney
A good probate attorney will help you through the legal process of handling the decedent’s estate. For those who died testate – with a will – a probate attorney will help you distribute assets to the proper person, and will help you with paying the estate debts.
If the decedent died intestate – without a will – it’s a good idea to retain a probate attorney if the decedent had retirement accounts, bank accounts or real estate.
CPRES Real Estate Agent
The probate process is complex, and selling a home can be difficult, but when you put the two together it can be a very stressful experience.
A Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist (CPRES) receives special training to deal with the sale of properties that are in probate.
CPRES agents understand the probate process, know how a home is sold in probate, how court confirmation probate sales work, and any special probate rules regarding the sale of real property in your state.
Accountants, CPAs, and Tax Attorneys
A tax attorney will also be able to help you with estate taxes that may be due when you file the decedent’s final tax return.
Accountants, tax attorneys and probate attorneys will also help you with retirement accounts, investments and other accounts that need to be distributed.
In some cases, the executor or administrator may be held responsible for unpaid taxes, so you’ll need to ensure that the estate pays all of the necessary local, state and federal taxes that are associated with the decedent’s death.
Appraisal, Liquidation and Property Care
Real Estate Opinion of Value Letter: Often requested by accountants, establishes home value at time of passing, this is also known as a PCMA, a Probate Comparative Market Analysis and should be done by a CPRES agent.
Real Estate Appraiser: A licensed home appraiser gives a full appraisal.
Personal Property Appraiser: Appraises the decedent’s personal property.
Personal Property Estate Liquidator: Takes care of selling and or donating decedent’s personal property.
Property Care & Support: Handymen, electrician, plumber, roofer, pest control, property manager, landscaper, trash hauler – all these service providers and others can be provided by your CPRES real estate agent.
A Commitment to Clarity & Support Throughout Your Probate Process
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