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Q: We will be selling our home in the near future, and a neighbor a few doors down has expressed an interest in buying our home. She would be downsizing from a larger multistory home to our smaller ...

If you’re not able to manage the purchase or sale of a property in person—or prefer to outsource this complicated task to someone else—you might draw up a power of attorney agreement. A power of ...