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Q: I placed my condo in a living trust for estate purposes. I am the beneficiary of the trust and I can amend, add and remove administrators. However, I am not the trustee of my trust.

I was a board member of our ...Read More

Reader comment: I recently read your column in the Chicago Tribune, and I’d like to share my experience of selling my home on my own.

I had an appraiser come to my home. He was hired by the buyer’s mortgage company. ...Read More

Q: My mother- and father-in-law want to act as the mortgage lender for me and my wife when we purchase a new house. We would like to help them figure out the steps they need to go through in order to document, register, ...Read More

Q: A friend is buying his parents’ home. He is using an online lender. He doesn’t have a real estate agent, and there is no written sales contract. The lender says his parents can gift him the house and the lender will...Read More

Q: I need a release paper from the title company. The unfortunate thing is that they are no longer in business. I am unable to find them or anybody that can help me. I am helping my dad and he is 87 years old.

A: We hear ...Read More

Q: My uncle passed away and left a will. I am the executor for the estate. However, there is a second person named in the will who lives out of the country. The will states that all of the property is to be equally divided...Read More