Free Guide: The 7-Step Decision Checklist for Heirs

Just inherited a Fresno-area house? Learn the order things actually need to happen — authority, probate timing, the IRC §1014 step-up tax, and the 5 mistakes that cost heirs the most money. Free 9-page PDF.

After reading this 9-page guide you’ll know:

  • How to determine your legal authority before signing anything (Letters Testamentary vs. Administration vs. small-estate affidavit)
  • The realistic Fresno County probate timeline — and the IAEA fast-track most attorneys don’t mention
  • Why most heirs owe $0 federal capital gains tax if they sell within 12 months (and where that benefit disappears)
  • A side-by-side $400K Fresno math example showing what retail-MLS vs. cash-as-is actually nets the heir
  • The 5 biggest mistakes heirs make (and the holding-cost math behind each one)
  • A quick-reference cheat sheet: 6 docs to pull, 3 questions for your probate attorney, 3 questions for your CPA

In the end, inheriting a house in California is rarely the gift it sounds like on paper. Property taxes don’t pause for grief, the utility bills keep coming, and the longer the house sits, the more decisions stack up.

But when you’re armed with the right information, in the right order, and you understand the California-specific tax and probate mechanics that most generic “what to do when you inherit a house” articles leave out, your odds of walking away with the most of the inheritance actually intact go way up.

Download the Free Inherited House Checklist by entering your information to the right. We’ll email you the PDF so you can go through it at your own pace, and we’ll follow up with a few short notes on what most heirs hit at month 4, month 6, and month 9. No phone call required — but the line is open at (559) 854-1663 if you want one.

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