Navigating Your Inherited Home Sale: All The Steps to Selling Your Inherited Home (Paperback)

This easy-to-read Amazon-Bestseller guide answers all the questions every executor and heir should ask: Who starts the probate process?When is probate needed? And when can you avoid probate?Where should you probate an estate? Which Country? State? County?How long does probate take?How much does probate cost?What are letters testamentary?How to settle an estate?How are estate debts paid?How to file final tax returns?How to close an estate?Why being an executor can be difficult?How to choose the best executor?How executors should deal with common complaints from heirs?What to expect when you're an heir?Why being an heir can be frustrating?Just calling an attorney isn't enough. Settling a decedent's estate may require the combined expertise of accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, realtors, bankers, brokers, insurance companies, a myriad of bureaucrats, and, yes, even lawyers.Where do you start? How do you empty a house crammed with a lifetime's worth of knick-knacks, bad art, and unopened mail? How do you deal with long-lost relatives who think you're taking too long or charging too much? And how do you oversee those professionals who know so much more than you about the process?A Guide to Navigating Your Inherited Home Sale, not only explains the steps involved in settling an estate, but it shows you how to get all these professionals to do the work for you. You will learn everything you need to know about the basic laws and procedures involved; all the legal definitions you could possibly want; and why each professional is necessary, what they do, what they charge, and where to find them.No matter how little you know about law, accounting, and the rest, A Guide to Navigating Your Inherited Home Sale, will lead you by the hand through the settlement process. Readers say it best: "Very informative." "Saved me a lot of money and headaches!" "Recommend it for everyone who has to plan estates for their elderly parents"With no legal jargon, just step-by-step instructions and sample form letters, Living Trusts for Everyone takes the mystery out of the process of setting up a trust