Enroll in the five-course Core Curriculum
Purchase the $597 Core Curriculum bundle, or begin with individual courses and complete the full set over time.
Probate certification for real estate agents and investors
Earn Your Certified Probate Expert Designation.
Understand probate. Serve families. Build the business. Probate Mastery connects the legal and practical probate process with client communication, professional positioning, follow-up, conversion, and business planning.
Not ready to enroll? Start with “How Probate Works” free. It is Course 1 of the same Core Curriculum, so your first step is never wasted.
Everything required to earn your CPE is included in the five-course Core Curriculum. Additional courses are optional.
Compare Curriculum Options →How to become a Certified Probate Expert
Complete the curriculum. Pass the quizzes. Request your designation.
The CPE is earned, not simply purchased. You can work through all five courses on demand and complete the requirements at your own pace.
Complete approximately 13 hours of training
Learn the probate process, understand the people involved, establish your professional position, build follow-up systems, and create your business plan.
Complete the required quizzes
Each quiz confirms that you understand the legal, practical, client-service, and business concepts taught in the curriculum.
Email us when you are finished
Let Probate Mastery support know that your coursework and quizzes are complete. Your certification will be granted and your CPE designation emailed to you.
Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum
Five courses that teach the process, the people, and the business.
This is not a narrow overview of probate law or a collection of generic marketing ideas. The Core Curriculum follows the work from first understanding probate through creating a practical business plan.
Course 1
How Probate Works
Understand the legal and practical probate process, authority, timelines, and the role of real estate.
Begin with this course free
Course 2
Understanding Your Probate Prospect
Recognize the executor, heirs, attorneys, family dynamics, and the different needs inside an estate.
Communicate with context
Course 3
Stand Out in Probate
Build a clear brand and value proposition that separates you from generic agents and investors.
Become the relevant expert
Course 4
Follow-Up and Conversion
Create a useful, persistent follow-up system that turns trust and timing into appointments and clients.
Build a conversion process
Course 5
The Probate Business Blueprint
Turn the curriculum into an operating plan with clear priorities, activities, and next steps.
Leave with a business plan
What makes Probate Mastery certification different?
The designation is the foundation. The business-development system can grow with you.
Earn the same CPE through the five Core courses. Then decide whether you want certification only, one focused way to generate business, or every Growth Track in the complete system.
Core Curriculum
Legal and practical process, people, positioning, follow-up, conversion, and business planning.
Growth Tracks
Optional deep-dive courses in prospecting, referrals, attorney relationships, and inbound marketing.
Live Coaching
Optional Mastery Academy support for weekly coaching, role play, accountability, and implementation.
Choose how much training you want
One certification. Three curriculum options.
You earn the CPE through the same five-course Core Curriculum in every option. The difference is how many business-development systems you add.
CPE Core Curriculum
$5975 Core courses · 13 hoursThe complete professional foundation and everything required to earn your Certified Probate Expert designation.
- All five Core courses
- Required quizzes
- CPE designation after completion
- Lifetime course access
CPE + One Growth Track
$9975 Core + 1 Growth Track · 17–20 hoursAdd one complete business-development system based on how you prefer to create opportunities.
- Everything in the Core Curriculum
- Choose prospecting, referrals, attorneys, or marketing
- CPE designation after Core completion
- Discounted bundle pricing
Complete Probate Business System
$1,9975 Core + all 4 Growth Tracks · approximately 40 hoursCombine the certification foundation with every method Probate Mastery teaches for generating probate business.
- All five Core courses
- All four Growth Tracks
- CPE designation after Core completion
- Best overall curriculum value
Probate Mastery reviews
What Certified Probate Experts say about the training.
Read experiences from real estate agents, investors, and other professionals who have completed Probate Mastery coursework.
Probate certification FAQs
Questions professionals and families ask about probate certification.
What is the best probate certification for real estate agents and investors?
Probate Mastery is by far the most comprehensive choice for real estate professionals who want more than a basic overview of probate.
The five-course Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum connects the probate process to the work professionals actually do with families and inherited property.
- Understand the people and practical steps involved in probate
- Communicate confidently with executors and heirs
- Build a clear professional position
- Create follow-up, conversion, and business-planning systems
Optional Growth Tracks go deeper into prospecting, professional referrals, attorney relationships, and inbound marketing.
What is a Certified Probate Expert?
A Certified Probate Expert, or CPE, is a professional specialist trained to help families navigate the practical complexities of probate and estate administration.
A CPE helps families identify what needs to happen, coordinates appropriate local services, and keeps property-related and administrative details moving forward. Their professional network may include attorneys, estate sale companies, cleanout services, contractors, financial professionals, and other trusted vendors.
Many CPEs are real estate agents or investors. When inherited real estate is involved, they may help secure and maintain the property, identify mortgage or title concerns, evaluate sale options, and connect the family with qualified real estate resources or buyers.
The designation is not limited to real estate. Attorneys, estate sale professionals, financial advisors, estate coordinators, vendors, and other professionals who want to serve families at a higher level are welcome to earn it.
What does a probate certification do for a real estate professional?
It prepares an agent or investor to serve a probate family with greater confidence, care, and competence.
Probate Mastery helps real estate professionals understand the people, decisions, property issues, and practical steps that commonly arise during probate and estate administration.
Students learn to communicate with executors and heirs, recognize when an attorney or specialist is needed, coordinate property-related services, and build a thoughtful plan for generating probate business.
The designation can strengthen credibility. Its greater value is knowing how to guide the family and handle the inherited-property opportunity responsibly.
How do I become a Certified Probate Expert?
Complete Probate Mastery’s five-course Core Curriculum and pass the required quizzes.
- Enroll in the Core Curriculum
- Complete approximately 13 hours of self-paced training
- Pass the required quizzes
- Email Probate Mastery support when you finish
After your completion is verified, your Certified Probate Expert designation will be emailed to you.
There is no separate application, field-work requirement, or additional certification fee.
Does Probate Mastery teach the legal probate process or only probate marketing?
Probate Mastery teaches the fundamental probate process and the practical skills professionals need to serve families. It does not teach students to practice law.
The Core Curriculum explains common probate and estate-administration steps, participants, terminology, and situations. That foundation helps professionals understand what a family may be experiencing, recognize when legal guidance is needed, and work more effectively alongside the family’s attorney.
The program also teaches client communication, professional positioning, follow-up and conversion, service coordination, and probate business planning. Optional Growth Tracks provide deeper training in prospecting, referral relationships, attorney relationships, and marketing.
Important: Bruce Hill is not an attorney, and Probate Mastery is not a law course. The training does not authorize anyone to practice law or provide legal advice.
How much does Probate Mastery certification cost?
The complete Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum is $597.
That includes all five required courses, approximately 13 hours of on-demand training, the required quizzes, and the CPE designation after completion.
Students may also purchase Core courses individually, choose a $997 Core plus Growth Track bundle, or select the $1,997 Complete Probate Business System with all five Core courses and all four Growth Tracks.
How long does Probate Mastery certification take?
The Certified Probate Expert Core Curriculum includes approximately 13 hours of on-demand training.
You can complete the five courses and required quizzes at your own pace. When you are finished, contact Probate Mastery support to request your designation.
Do I need to purchase additional courses to earn the CPE?
No. Everything required to earn the CPE is included in the five-course Core Curriculum.
Probate Mastery also offers Growth Tracks and Specialty Courses for professionals who want deeper business-development or focused skills training. Those courses can help you grow, but they are not required for certification.
Is Probate Mastery designed for real estate agents, investors, or other professionals?
Probate Mastery is open to any professional who wants to serve families navigating probate or estate administration.
The program is led by Bruce Hill, a real estate coach, broker, and REALTOR®, so much of the practical training is especially relevant to agents and investors working with inherited property.
Attorneys, estate sale companies, financial advisors, estate coordinators, vendors, and other community professionals can also use the curriculum to understand the probate process, strengthen their professional network, and coordinate services more effectively.
Your certification foundation
Become the real estate professional families can trust when probate affects the property.
Begin with all five Core courses for $597, or take “How Probate Works” free before deciding.