Sooner or later, every buyer asks some version of the same question: “The lender is already making me buy title insurance, so do I really need to pay for my own policy too?” How a real est...
Selling a House in Probate in Illinois: How It Works
Sometimes there is no shortcut. The house was owned by one person, in their name alone, and to sell it the estate has to go through probate. That is not the disaster most families fear. In Illinois, a...
Do You Need Probate to Sell an Inherited House in Illinois?
You inherited a house. Maybe it was a parent’s home, maybe a relative’s, and now you would like to sell it. The first question almost everyone asks is the same: do you have to go through p...