The broker, investor, and coach leading Probate Mastery
Bruce Hill is the owner of Probate Mastery, a real estate broker, an investor, and a probate coach who has spent more than two decades in real estate and more than 10 years intentionally serving families in the probate niche. Today, he leads Probate Mastery and the Estate Aid Network, helping professionals build a real probate business while serving families at a higher level.
From general real estate to intentional probate specialization
Bruce’s path into probate was not accidental forever. It became intentional after years in real estate and a deeper understanding of what families in probate actually need.
Bruce started in real estate in his early 20s and, by his own admission, struggled early on. After relocating to Roanoke, Virginia, he found his footing and began serving clients at a higher level. During the early 2010s, he handled a high volume of short sales and foreclosures, later building a full-service real estate operation with radio and television marketing that served several hundred clients per year.
Probate was part of that business, but it was not yet intentional. In 2015, after moving to North Carolina, Bruce connected with Chad Corbett and began learning how to serve families through the full probate journey instead of simply trying to create a transaction.
That shift changed the course of Bruce’s work. He went deep into probate, eventually acquiring Probate Mastery from Chad Corbett and continuing to grow the Certified Probate Expert (CPE) platform. Today, Bruce personally handles probate and estate processes while spending most of his time teaching agents, investors, and other estate professionals how to serve families better and build a repeatable probate business.
Track record and niche authority
The goal of this page is not just to tell Bruce’s story. It is to make clear why Probate Mastery is led by someone who has both practical real estate experience and deep probate specialization.
Years in real estate, spanning brokerage, investing, coaching, and niche specialization.
Properties sold over the course of Bruce’s real estate career.
Personal probate transactions completed by Bruce.
Years intentionally serving probate clients and specializing in the niche.
Probate Mastery, the CPE pathway, and Estate Aid Network
Bruce’s role today is not just coaching. He is leading the education, certification, and referral ecosystem that supports the Probate Mastery brand.
Probate Mastery
Bruce owns and leads Probate Mastery, the education platform that trains agents, investors, and other estate professionals to understand the probate niche, communicate with families well, and build a durable business around probate and estate opportunities.
Certified Probate Expert (CPE)
Bruce leads the program that provides the Certified Probate Expert designation to professionals who complete the Probate Mastery course and pass its exams.
Estate Aid Network
Bruce also leads Estate Aid Network, the consumer-facing brand that works with executors and heirs, qualifies opportunities, and routes probate real estate referrals to trained professionals in local markets.
National Reach, Local Service
Bruce is licensed in North Carolina and Virginia and works nationally through the Estate Aid Network partner model, connecting families with qualified real estate and estate-service professionals across the country.
Want to see how Bruce teaches the probate niche?
Start with the free Probate Mastery course, explore the coaching path inside Mastery Academy, or book a discovery call if you want to talk through fit first.