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Note To Baby Boomer Parents Whose Estate Plan Includes Buying The Perfect Real Estate Property For Their Kids: Back Off
For New Yorkers, nowhere else could ever be home. This has been true since the days when the factories of the Big Apple first began to cover New York’s impressive skyline with smoke, and it is still true, despite all the economic changes that have taken place since then. You have heard all the… Read More »
Catalog Your Memorabilia When You Are Alive Instead Of Leaving The Task To Your Heirs
You love your baseball card collection more than life itself, but your wife and children probably do not have an opinion about it. Most likely, they zone out during family gatherings when you bring out individual cards that are relevant to the occasion and start enthusing about them to your grandchildren. Your family does… Read More »
What Is The Best Way To Avoid Probate?
If you have gone through the trouble of making a comprehensive estate plan, it is important to make sure that your loved ones will be able to have prompt and effective access to the inheritance you have left them. If you have left their inheritance with a will, this will not be the case…. Read More »
How Easy Is It To Write A Family Member Out Of Your Will?
How do you decide who inherits what from your estate? Should you leave equal shares of your property to each of your children? Should you take into account how much money you have given each child during your lifetime and then even things out by leaving your children unequal shares of property in your… Read More »
New York Will Allow Human Composting As A Legal Means Of Disposition Of Remains
Estate planning lawyers always say that you should write a will because you can’t take your property with you when you die, but do you still need to write a will if you don’t own any property? What if you own property but you don’t have any opinions about who inherits it when you… Read More »
Hospice Care Is Not As Scary As You Think
End-of-life care is an important part of everyone’s estate plan. If you have long-term care insurance, you are on the right track, and if you have stated your wishes in writing about allocating decision-making authority about your healthcare decisions to a relative or lawyer in the event that you become severely ill, you have… Read More »
Can Predatory Loans Rear Their Ugly Heads During Probate?
They say that the rich get richer while the poor stay poor, but if someone offers you $1,000 that you never have to pay back simply because you own a house, you should read the fine print. Of course, even homeowners are in a precarious enough financial position these days that $1,000 makes a… Read More »
Where Have All The Nursing Homes Gone?
Do you dream of retiring to a quiet town in the Sun Belt, where there are more wading birds than humans within walking distance of your house? Would you prefer to stay in the same house where you have lived since birth, in the town where your family has lived for generations? Both of… Read More »
How To Make Sure An Appraisal Lines Up With The Home’s Value
A big part of any real estate transaction is the appraisal of a property being sold. Typically, potential buyers don’t book an appraisal until after they’ve accepted a seller’s offer and proceeded to financing the purchase. (Often, an appraisal will be required by a bank lender to complete financing of the property loan.) When… Read More »
Common Real Estate Disputes And How To Avoid Them
Property disputes happen more often than we’d think, due to the numerous issues and complexities that can arise between neighboring properties. Whether they involve boundary disputes, zoning issues, or some other problem, property disputes can flare up from time to time – often when purchasing or selling real estate. A property dispute typically becomes… Read More »