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Dealing with your loved one’s rental agreement

If your loved one passed away while living in a rental property, you may have questions about what will happen to the space, and to their lease. Often the landlord will allow you to break the lease, but legally the estate becomes responsible for it.

When you inherit a house

If you have inherited a house from a loved one, it can be amazing gift, but you will also have some important decisions to make. Starting with: Do you move in, do you rent it out, or do you sell?

Selling your loved one’s house

Selling the house of a loved one who has passed away can be very difficult. There are a lot of practical logistics to deal with, along with family issues and emotional complexity.

Your loved one’s house may have been their most valuable asset. But it’s also much more than that. It’s where they lived, often where you made many memories with them. And dealing with the house and all the chores and decisions that come along with it can be both difficult and healing.