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WHEN A TREE FALLS ON THE EVE OF CLOSING
On the eve of closing recently, the Purchaser’s realtor reported being told by the gardener that a tree had fallen in a recent storm in a wooded area and was left supported at a 45-degree angle by another tree. No damage was caused, and the gardener offered to clear the tree for $2,500. The selling price was over $1 Million, so a last-minute cost of $2,500 did not seem extraordinary. But was it the seller’s responsibility?
AND WHEN I DIE
Most of us don’t like to think about the prospect of our demise, and planning for it is not at the top of our “to-do” list. But if you think about it, planning for the future of our loved ones when we are gone should be right at the top of our “bucket list,” since the alternative could be additional and unnecessary expenses for those loved ones, depriving some of them of the worldly goods we have worked so hard to accumulate, or even worse, vicious fighting and acrimony among those we care about most.