Not a loan to you
The company advances against what the heir is expected to receive. There is no monthly payment to you. The company charges a fee instead of interest. Shop terms. Ask your probate attorney.
For heirs, attorneys, and fiduciaries · Not a loan
Start the probate even if you don’t have the cash up front.
Pick the right attorney — not the one who asks for the smallest retainer. A probate advance is not a loan. There is no monthly payment to you. Cash can cover attorney fees, filing, and expenses while the estate is still in court.
Bill Gross is a broker, not a lender. He has worked with California attorneys, executors, and heirs since 1986. He connects heirs and counsel with probate-advance companies. He can help you get started with no up-front funds by advancing an inheritance and, where it fits, lending to the estate — so you can pick the best attorney, not just the one that requires the least up front.
How this works
An assignment of part of an expected inheritance — not a conventional loan.
Bill is not the lender
He introduces heirs and counsel to third-party companies. Those companies set eligibility, documentation, fees, and timing. Bill is not the lender. How he is paid, if at all, is disclosed before you proceed.
Not everyone qualifies
Typically the estate is in probate and the heir is legally entitled. Will or court papers are required. This is useful when an heir must cover debts, taxes, attorney fees, or personal expenses during a long probate — not a promise of any amount or speed.
When people call
The stuck places, in the first person.
No invented dollar figures. These are the situations families and counsel actually bring.
I am stuck in probate and I cannot fund the next step.
An advance is sometimes used so an heir can hire counsel, file, or keep a specialist on the file — instead of waiting for an estate that has not paid out yet.
The attorney is not talking, or I cannot afford the one I want.
The point of this page is to pick the right attorney, not the one who asks for the smallest retainer. Cash to cover fees is the mechanism. The legal work still belongs to counsel.
I was declined for a probate bond.
Bonding problems stall administrations. An introduction to an advance company does not replace a bond producer — it can put money on the table so the estate can keep moving while that is sorted.
I just inherited and I do not know where to start.
Bill’s first conversation is triage: is there real property, is a petition filed, who has authority, and is an advance even the right tool. He has sat with California heirs since 1986.
I cannot open a bank account for the estate.
Fiduciary banking is its own desk. An inheritance advance is not a bank account. It is a way to cover costs while the estate is still in court.
A sibling is living in the house. Or the property is in several states.
Occupancy fights and multi-state estates are why people get stuck. Sometimes the file needs counsel to monitor a personal representative, or a partition path. An advance can fund that work. It does not settle the fight by itself.
Confidential intake
Tell us who you are. Then we match a conversation.
Attorneys and fiduciaries may fill this out on behalf of an heir. The form emails Bill at bill@thelaprobateexpert.com. Or skip it and book a probate-advance call.
Book the probate-advance call, or send the facts.
Bill Gross, The LA Probate Expert. California real estate broker since 1986. Not a lender.