For Cape professionals: review a guide, answer a question, or hand one out
The library publishes legal, tax, benefits and care articles only after a Massachusetts professional in that field has reviewed them. If that is you, here is how it works, and what is waiting.
Ways to take part
| What you do | Your time | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Approve a one-sentence quote | 5 minutes | Your name, firm, town and a link on the article |
| Answer one reader question | 15 minutes | A byline on the answer |
| Review a draft for Massachusetts accuracy | About 20–30 minutes, with a one-page checklist of the claims to check | “Reviewed by” with your name and credential, and a profile page linking to you |
| Co-write an article | About an hour | Full byline and profile |
Nothing is published with your name until you have approved the exact words in writing. You can withdraw at any time. Nobody pays or is paid: this is the same rule as the directory, where nobody pays to be listed.
Drafts waiting for a reviewer
Elder law attorney
- The Title 5 inter-family exemptions most Cape families never hear about
- Ancillary probate: an out-of-state owner dies owning a Cape house
- Nobody probated the cottage for years. Is it too late?
- What is a license to sell real estate, and when does a Cape estate need one?
- Does a Cape house go through probate if there is a will?
- Can we sell the house before probate is finished?
- What a partition action is, and what it costs a Cape family
- The house is in a realty trust. What changes?
- What a MassHealth estate-recovery claim means for an inherited Cape house
- Registered land: why some Cape titles are different
- How long does probate take at the Barnstable Probate and Family Court?
- Why a power of attorney stops working the moment someone dies
- What happens to a Cape house when there is no will
- Deeds at death: what the Registry actually needs
- What the survivorship language on the deed means at death
- Does the nursing home take the house? MassHealth and the primary residence
- Do all the heirs have to agree to sell?
- Keeping the family cottage: the agreements that actually hold
Placement advisor
- Where the assisted living actually is on the Lower Cape - and where it isn't
- Is a rest home a nursing home? Massachusetts rest homes explained
- What senior care actually costs on Cape Cod
- Is there a CCRC on Cape Cod?
- Moving off-Cape to be near family
- Assisted living is certified, not licensed - how to check a residence
Geriatric care manager or RN
- The only memory care beds on the Lower Cape
- Living with dementia here: what exists and what doesn't
- Long-distance caregiving from off-Cape
- Stay, modify, or move: an honest framework
- What happens when care needs outgrow the residence
CPA or attorney
- Does Massachusetts tax a nonresident's Cape house at death?
- The estate tax lien on a Cape house, and clearing it before closing
- The 4% Massachusetts surtax and a one-time Cape house sale
- Stepped-up basis: sell now, or leave it to the children?
- Capital gains when a long-held Cape house sells
CPA or financial planner
- Can one sibling buy the others out of a Cape cottage?
CPA or COA staff
- Property tax relief for Cape seniors: 41C, 41A, Circuit Breaker and the work-off
Reprinting and sharing
- Print any article or guide and hand it to clients, patients or members, free. Please keep the credit line and don’t edit the text.
- Newsletters (including Council on Aging newsletters) may reprint a shortened version with a credit and a link to the original page.
- Link to any page. The RSS feed lists new articles.
- Spot something wrong? Tell us; corrections are logged on our standards page.
Get in touch
Email arthur.radtke@exprealty.com with the topic you’d review, or call (508) 408-7958.