A free 6-page, day-by-day checklist for newly appointed executors and personal representatives — from Sarah Ingles, REALTOR® SRES® CPCU®
You were appointed to a job nobody trains you for, and the house is the biggest item on the list. Six pages, sequenced day by day, so the estate's largest asset is protected before the paperwork even settles.
Most executor guides are generic legal summaries. This one is a property checklist, written by someone who manages estate homes in the Des Moines metro every week.
Sarah Ingles spent more than a decade as a property insurance adjuster before she ever sold a house. She holds the CPCU® designation — the gold standard in property and casualty insurance — and the SRES® (Seniors Real Estate Specialist) certification from the National Association of REALTORS®. She is the only realtor in the Des Moines metro with both SRES® and CPCU® credentials.
The first 30 days are where estates quietly lose money: a policy that lapses into vacancy restrictions, a premature repair, an undocumented valuation. This checklist is the sequence Sarah runs on every estate property she touches — written down so you can run it yourself.
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Newly appointed Iowa executors and personal representatives — local or out of state — responsible for an estate property in Polk, Dallas, or Warren County.
Yes. Share it with co-heirs, the estate's probate attorney, or anyone else helping manage the property.
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Sarah Ingles · REALTOR® SRES® CPCU® · Iowa License #S73007000
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