How Probate Mastery works

Earn your CPE. Choose how you’ll build the business. Get help implementing it.

Probate Mastery combines comprehensive probate education, practical business-development training, and live coaching so professionals can serve families well and build a repeatable probate business.

New to probate? Start with “How Probate Works” free. It is also Course 1 of the Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum.

Courses teach the system. Mastery Academy helps you implement it. You may join coaching before, during, or after certification.

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Where should I start with Probate Mastery?

Start with the level of commitment that fits you now.

You do not need to understand every course before making a good first choice.

Curious or brand new

Start free.

Learn the fundamental probate process, who has authority, what families may be navigating, and where inherited real estate fits.

Take “How Probate Works” Free
Ready to specialize

Earn your CPE.

Complete the five-course Core Curriculum and required quizzes to earn the Certified Probate Expert designation.

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Ready to grow the business

Customize your education plan.

Use the guided library to match your budget, working style, existing experience, and business-development goals with the right course or bundle.

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Step 1 · Earn the designation

Five Core courses create the professional foundation.

The Certified Probate Expert designation is earned by completing the Core Curriculum and required quizzes. Growth Tracks and Specialty Courses are valuable, but they are not required for certification.

5 Core courses13 hours on demand$597 bundleLifetime course access
  • How Probate Works
  • Understanding Your Probate Prospect
  • Stand Out in Probate: Your Brand & USP
  • Follow-Up and Conversion: Turning Leads into Paying Clients
  • The Probate Business Blueprint
Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum bundle
The common foundation

Complete the curriculum. Pass the quizzes. Request your designation.

There is no field-work requirement and no additional certification fee. More than 5,500 real estate professionals have earned the CPE designation.

Step 2 · Choose how you’ll grow your business

Growth Tracks turn the foundation into a business-development plan.

Each Growth Track is a complete, multi-hour course. Choose one based on how you want to generate business, or bundle all four for the most comprehensive training.

Create direct conversations

Probate Prospecting

Turn probate lists into productive conversations, follow-up, and appointments.

Build a professional network

Relationships That Refer

Create relationships with attorneys, vendors, and estate professionals who can introduce business.

Go deep with attorneys

EARN

Use the Earn Attorney Referrals Now framework to develop focused attorney relationships.

Generate inbound interest

Marketing That Converts

Use mail, email, social content, and search to attract probate opportunities.

Add focused skills when they matter

Specialty Courses solve the next specific problem.

Specialty Courses cover focused capabilities such as winning appointments, creating video authority, building a probate website, using AI systems, and bringing cash-offer solutions into probate conversations. They can be taken before, during, or after the main curriculum.

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Live help across every stage

Mastery Academy helps you implement the plan in the real world.

Mastery Academy is a $97-per-month coaching membership for real estate professionals and other service providers working in the probate and estate niche. You may join before, during, or after coursework. The membership supports implementation, but it does not automatically include the structured course library.

Weekly coachingBring current obstacles, decisions, conversations, and deals.
Role playPractice real conversations and build confidence through repetition.
AccountabilityStay connected to the work required to build your pipeline.
Referral eligibilityActive members may receive opportunities when qualified conversations exist. Referrals are never guaranteed.
How Estate Aid Network fits in

Education for professionals. Support and connections for families.

Bruce Hill brings the two sides together: Probate Mastery prepares professionals to serve at a higher level, while Estate Aid Network helps families find clarity, resources, and trusted local support.

Estate Aid Network helps families move forward.

Probate and estate administration can create dozens of unfamiliar decisions at a time when a family is already under pressure.

Estate Aid Network helps families understand what may come next, organize practical needs, and connect with appropriate local professionals.

  • Educational resources and practical guidance
  • Connections to vetted local service providers
  • Help coordinating common estate-related needs
  • Real estate support when inherited property is involved
The goal is not to replace the family’s attorney. It is to help the family understand its options, find reliable help, and move through the practical work with greater confidence.
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Prepared professionals may receive warm opportunities.

When a family asks for real estate help, Estate Aid Network can introduce a trained local professional who is prepared for the situation.

Active Mastery Academy members are eligible to receive qualified conversations and real estate referral opportunities in markets where the network is actively working.

  • Members and Estate Aid Network may work the same local probate file in parallel
  • Nurture or discovery conversations can be handed to the member with no referral fee
  • A fee applies only when a family says it is selling and asks to speak with a local professional
  • Opportunity availability and volume are never guaranteed
Mastery Academy membership creates eligibility, not a promise of business. The strongest members combine live coaching with consistent activity in their own markets.
Probate training and certification FAQs

How does Probate Mastery work?

These answers are written for professionals comparing probate certification, training, coaching, and business-development options.

How do I become a Certified Probate Expert?

Complete Probate Mastery’s five-course Core Curriculum and pass the required quizzes.

The curriculum contains approximately 13 hours of on-demand training. After finishing, email Probate Mastery support to request your designation. Growth Tracks, Specialty Courses, field work, and memberships are not required.

Do I need a Growth Track to earn the CPE designation?

No. Growth Tracks are optional business-development courses.

The five Core Curriculum courses contain everything required to earn the Certified Probate Expert designation. Add a Growth Track when you want a complete system for prospecting, professional referrals, attorney relationships, or inbound marketing.

Can I take Probate Mastery courses individually?

Yes. Core, Growth Track, and Specialty Courses may be purchased individually.

You can begin with the free “How Probate Works” course, build the Core Curriculum over time, or save money by choosing a bundle.

When can I join Mastery Academy?

You may join Mastery Academy before, during, or after certification.

The $97 monthly membership provides live coaching, accountability, role play, implementation support, and eligibility for referral opportunities. It does not automatically include the structured course library.

If you want to talk through your market, experience, or which training and coaching option fits, schedule a complimentary discovery call with Bruce.

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How do I get real estate referrals through Mastery Academy?

Join Mastery Academy and remain an active member to become eligible for Estate Aid Network referral opportunities.

You may join before, during, or after earning the CPE designation. When Bruce co-prospects with a member, the member works the local probate file through the member's business while Bruce and his systems work the same file through Estate Aid Network.

If Estate Aid creates a conversation through AI calling, marketing, videos, or another channel, that conversation may be handed to the member in one of two ways:

  • Nurture or discovery handoff, no referral fee: The person is willing to talk, but has not said they are selling inherited real estate or asked to speak with a local professional. The member can continue the relationship through the member's own business.
  • Warm real estate referral, fee at closing: The person explicitly says the property will be sold and asks to speak with an agent, investor, or local real estate professional. Referral terms are disclosed before the handoff is accepted.

You do not have to buy probate leads to be eligible. Buying or providing qualified local data simply gives both sides more families to contact in your market. Availability and volume are never guaranteed.

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What is the best place to start if I am new to probate?

Start with Probate Mastery’s free “How Probate Works” course.

It teaches the fundamental process and is Course 1 of the CPE Core Curriculum. If you continue toward certification, your first course already counts.

How can a Certified Probate Expert help a family during probate?

A Certified Probate Expert helps a family navigate the practical complexities that surround probate and estate administration.

CPEs understand the major stages of the process, recognize when an attorney or other specialist is needed, and help coordinate appropriate local services. Many are real estate agents or investors who can also help secure, maintain, evaluate, prepare, or sell inherited property.

A CPE does not replace an attorney or provide legal advice unless that professional is independently licensed to do so. The role is to bring clarity, coordination, reliable connections, and practical support to a family that may be facing unfamiliar decisions.

How do I find a qualified probate professional near me?

Look for a professional who understands both probate and the practical needs that arise during estate administration.

Ask whether the professional has completed specialized probate training, maintains relationships with local estate-service providers, understands inherited-property issues, and knows when to involve an attorney or another licensed specialist.

Estate Aid Network helps families connect with vetted local providers, including Certified Probate Experts, when appropriate help is available in their market. Schedule a Zoom conversation with a Certified Probate Expert to tell us where the estate is located and what kind of help your family needs. We will discuss your situation and help identify an appropriate local connection.

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