Massachusetts Real Estate & Estate Planning Q&A
The questions
we get asked most.
01
Real estate
What does a closing attorney do in Massachusetts?
Massachusetts requires an attorney at every closing. What that attorney actually does, whose interests they were hired to protect, and what it costs.
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02
Real estate
Before you sign the purchase and sale agreement
The offer got the house off the market. The P&S is the contract you have to live with — and the standard form was drafted from the seller's side.
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03
Estate planning
The MassHealth five-year lookback, explained
Sixty months of transfers get reviewed when someone applies for nursing home coverage. How the penalty period works, and what can still be done in a crisis.
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04
Estate planning
Do I need a will, or a trust?
A will does not avoid probate — it is the instruction manual the court follows. What each document does, and when a trust earns its cost.
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