What Is a Life Estate? Life estates are most commonly used with real estate and are created by the owner of the property. If you own your home, you are considered the life estate tenant. As the life ...

What are the pros and cons of retaining a life estate in one's house? This popular strategy became less attractive when New York adopted new Medicaid rules on Sept. 8. In a transfer with retained life ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...