How to best prepare when the time comes to sell your parents’ home after they pass? Prepare yourself for a roller coaster of emotions and overwhelming moments.  

Over the years I’ve worked closely with many families and their appointed executors selling a family home as an estate sale, helping them prepare to sell, bringing to market and getting it sold. 

I can truly say from my own personal and professional experience, it’s a “take it one day at a time” process which leads to YOU overseeing and managing the daily upkeep and covering the monthly finances while safeguarding the home until it sells.  Paying the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, maintenance,and utility bills can be financially stressful, in addition to emptying the contents of the house and getting it ready for sale when the time comes.

Selling an estate property requires a different approach to a traditional home sale just in preparing the home with additional services needed. Specific strategies applied now for estate planning demonstrate the importance of meeting with an estate planning attorney if you haven’t already.  

No matter how prepared you are, you’re NEVER really ready when the time comes to handle estate matters. Preparing today and having a team of professionals to guide you will certainly help ease your course of action when the time comes that you need it most.   

If you’re currently going through the process and have real estate questions, I’m here to provide you with additional guidance and resources for the best outcome. 

For all your real estate needs when you need it most.