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The probate process can sometimes be slow and costly. It can also leave information the client might just as well keep private vulnerable to scammers and even burglars. For these reasons, many of your clients will wish to avoid this process. As a real-estate expert you can add value to your clients and make things easier for yourself by letting them know how this process can be avoided when possible. Here are three secrets your client can use to avoid probate. 

It is a well established fact that it takes luck, education and no small amount of creativity to be a lucrative real estate professional in today’s market. What I mean by that is that you must sometimes be willing to seek and acquire properties in “non-conventional ways.” Specifically, I’m referring to using probate listings as a way to scoop up good real estate deals. This is what I have done in order to increase my real estate listings. Allow me to explain how this works.

A big shift is happening in our population. Baby Boomers – one of the largest populations in the United States – are getting older, retiring, and passing on. By the year 2060, it’s expected that the majority of Baby Boomers’ $30 trillion in wealth (80% of which is locked up in real estate) will have been transferred to their heirs. This isn’t a shift many people, including real estate professionals, like to think about.