What Happens to Your Home When It's in a Trust

On the Monterey Peninsula, it’s common for homeowners to hold their properties in a revocable living trust. Many of those owners believe one of two things: either that the trust makes selling legally complicated, or that the trust means everything has already been handled and no further attention is

How to Help Aging Parents Navigate a Home Sale on the Monterey Peninsula

Your parent has agreed the time has come to sell. You have stepped in to help manage the process, which means coordinating professionals, making decisions about a property from a distance, and doing all of it while your parent watches from a position of diminishing control over a home they have live

When You Want to Move and Your Partner Doesn't

One of you is ready. The other is not. You’ve stated your case more than once. The house is too large. The maintenance has become a burden. The financial logic seems undeniable. And yet the conversation keeps arriving at the same unresolved place. This is one of the most common situations The Ruiz G