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Your Roles and Responsibilities as Executor of a Will Everyone should have a will. It’s a keystone of any estate plan, and it’s a critical way to ensure that your assets pass to your...

What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Wholesaling Wholesaling real estate has become increasingly popular over the past few years in Chicago, particularly the south side and around Cook, Kane and Dupage County...

Estate Planning Mistakes That Can Land You in Probate Court Estate planning can be a challenging process, but it only becomes more difficult if legal issues arise that require resolution in probate court. Setting your...

Closing Costs May Add Unanticipated Expenses to Your Home Purchase For many, purchasing a home is a lifelong dream. However, buying a house is a complicated undertaking that raises a great deal of legal and...

Five Things to Consider Before Executing a Power of Lawyer A Power of Attorney agreement is one of the most powerful contracts recognized by American law. It is a written conveyance of one person’s legal...

Short Sales and Foreclosures – Confusing Similarities and Critical Distinctions Across America, real estate investors and home owners alike are making real estate purchases made possibly by our system of real estate financing and mortgages....

The Law and Policy Behind Like Kind Exchanges Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 1031, allows taxpayers to defer tax recognition of what would otherwise be considered a taxable capital...

Entering a Commercial Lease? Get a Real Estate Lawyer Starting a new business can be incredibly exciting. Entrepreneurs spend weeks, even months, hunting for facilities and equipment that are just right for their businesses. Typically, this...

The Benefits of Real Estate Law To Homeowners For many people, homeownership is a great source of pride and joy. And why shouldn’t it be? In a society where real estate properties get...

Is an Incentive Trust Right for You? Here’s What You Need to Know Estate planning isn’t usually discussed at the dinner table, and for understandable reasons. It involves tricky conversations about who gets what assets, and why. Like...

Incorporating Medicaid Planning Into Your Estate Plan At M&A Law, we know most people put off estate planning for a number of reasons. Sometimes people simply do not want to face the...

Ensure Your Estate Plan Protects You From Elder Abuse Everyone knows that estate planning is important. You may even have already created an estate plan, whether it involves a will, trust, or other provision....