Not exactly my situation, but close. I have a brother and sister very far from me, and A 20 y/o daughter far away at school. I move so much, that I really never have many new friends, and all my good ones are very far away. I don't want to burden any of them with my passing, so lets assume I am totally alone, know no one, have no one to do any of this for me; where do you start, as I could drop dead tomorrow.
When I was married, I had a will, power of attorney, and everything seemed taken care of. Now I have no will, and most of my assets are easily transferable (VG IRA and taxable accounts, some checking/savings accounts, stock portfolio. 401k) and all have my daughter listed as the main beneficiary for 100%... Should be pretty easy for her with a death cert to simply have them transferred over? I do have vehicles, and I rent, so my stuff in the rental home would need to be dealt with... How do you do what I am asking? Who do you hire? I would really like to keep attorney use zero, or as close to zero considering my experience with them. Is there another way?
I kinda figured I could have the Salvation Army or some such take the cars as a willed donation, and if I bought a home, would a reverse mortgage be OK, so there is no PITA home to deal with after I'm gone??? How would my stuff get taken out/by who and dealt with? This situation has really been eating at me, and I hate to think I will burden anyone if I don't prepare. I want to as much as possible leave my daughter with cash/investments, not stuff, which I have little of. Thanks for the help.