Is a Cash Sale Right For Your Inherited Property?

When most people buy cars, they start by doing research on the vehicles available and weighing their options as far as price and financing are concerned; they do not rush to their local Ford or [...]

Emotional Issues in Selling Inherited Property

Nearly all residential real estate transactions involve both a financial and an emotional component. For example, a motivated seller might take less money and a needy buyer might be willing to [...]

More People Putting Off Wills and Trusts, Hurting Heirs of Inherited Property

The latest numbers are in, and they are not good for potential heirs in Massachusetts. According to a June 2016 Google Consumer Survey, less than 29 percent of Americans have up-to-date wills. [...]

Sellers’ Market in New Hampshire

Largely thanks to a low inventory, sales are so brisk in the Dover/Rochester/Somersworth Tri-City region that many homes are closing at above-asking price. In fact, because sales are up 36 [...]

Unfortunate Inherited Property Fates Are Often Avoidable

I want to write on a topic that can be divisive and emotional. Over years of experience in the real estate and rehabbing fields, I have seen this scenario play out more than a few times: when a [...]

Protect Your Vacant Inherited Property from Burglary

According to SafeguardTheWorld, homes without security systems are 300% more likely to be broken into, burglarized or vandalized. This number increases tenfold when there is a vacant home with [...]

Your Local Probate Attorney: Helping Hands in a Trying Time

Carrying out the duties as an estate executor is probably one of the most thankless and time-consuming jobs. Many administrators agree to take on this burden out of loyalty to the deceased, and [...]

Pros and Cons of Selling your Probate or Inherited Property with an Investor

Earlier posts have covered selling via an auction, and selling on your own (for sale by owner). Today, I want to share information with you on selling to an investor. This is the method to choose [...]

The Gift of a Will

No one is really sure who came up with the proverb “a stitch in time saves nine,” but the saying first appeared in eighteenth century England. The proverb is definitely meant to spur the lazy [...]

Pros and Cons of Selling your Probate or Inherited Property via For Sale by Owner

An earlier blog post covered selling a property via an auction. This post covers selling a property on your own. This process is just as it sounds. You do the legwork and there is potential to [...]