Go From “I Was Just Named Executor” to “I Know Exactly What to Do” — Without Paying $400 an Hour to Learn What Should Have Been Explained From the Start

Here’s the Approach, in Under Two Minutes

A two-minute walk through the actual documents — so you can see how the whole thing is built before you buy: what to do, in what order, and the column most executors never get, the things that feel urgent right now and simply aren’t. Jump to any chapter below.

Every document in the set works this way: what to do, in what order, and what to leave alone until you have the authority to touch it.

What’s Actually in the Box

Not a video course. Not a members’ area. A working set of documents you download once and keep — every one of them written for the person doing the job, not the person billing for it.

Excel workbook

The Estate Asset Inventory Workbook (Excel)

Summary Dashboard

Real Property

Financial Accounts

Personal Property

Business Interests

Vehicles

Receivables

Liabilities

Guides as PDFs. Working trackers as Excel workbooks — because a 200-row expense log with running totals should be a spreadsheet, not a page you print.

What You’ll Know When You’re Done

Here’s what’s on the other side of the Full Blueprint:

• You’ll have the complete picture of the probate process — every major step, every critical decision, in the correct sequence — for the first time since this started
• You’ll know exactly which risks live in each phase and the specific actions that neutralize them before they become problems
• You’ll walk into every professional meeting as a prepared peer — asking the right questions, catching the important details, not paying to have basics explained
• You’ll have clear, confident answers for the beneficiaries who are watching how you handle this
• You’ll be able to administer this estate with the discipline and integrity the person who appointed you deserved
• You’ll close this file cleanly — with a defensible record, no costly errors, and your life back

This is not about becoming an expert in probate law.

It’s about having the complete picture so you can lead this process with the same capability you bring to everything else.

It’s Late. The House Is Quiet. And You Have Browser Tabs Open That Say “What Does an Executor Actually Do.”

Someone you loved passed away. Then an attorney said the words: “You’ve been named executor.”

You said “of course” — because you’re the one who always says “of course.” The one who keeps things organized, follows through, and doesn’t fall apart when things get complicated. They chose you — specifically — for exactly that reason.

And now you’re discovering what every new executor discovers:

Here’s what most executors don’t realize until they’re already six weeks in: probate isn’t actually that complicated for someone with your background.

You already have every skill this process requires.

The complete sequence of steps. The decision points that actually matter. The deadlines that have real teeth. The risks that concentrate in each phase — and the specific protections that neutralize them before they become problems.

Without that map, even the most capable executor is navigating by feel. That’s where costly mistakes happen — not because of incompetence, but because of missing information.

The probate system doesn’t hand you a guide on your first day. Nobody just gives you the complete picture.

That’s exactly what the Full Blueprint does.

You are not the wrong person for this. You just need the right sequence.

Why this exists

When my own father passed, I watched this process unfold for my own family — without a clear sequence, and without anyone holding the thread. Several years later, there are still assets in his name.

I had the law degree. I had 25 years inside legal systems. And I still watched it drift — because understanding how legal processes are built is not the same as being handed the roadmap for this one.

That’s why I built the Probate Execution Framework.

Mark Leuer
Principal, Hardin Street Advisors — engineer, licensed attorney, 25 years building the systems international law firms run on.

One Product. The Whole Job.

The Probate Execution Framework: The Full Blueprint is a professional training manual covering the entire estate administration — from the moment you learn of the death through formal estate closure. It started as one product, and it belongs as one product: your first days and the complete six-phase sequence, in the same set of documents, in the same plain language.

The six phases carry you from appointment through discharge. Each phase comes with the same seven working parts:

And what it isn’t

This is not legal advice. It will not replace your attorney, and it doesn’t try to. Estates differ. State law varies materially. A qualified attorney in your jurisdiction should be part of this process — the Framework says so explicitly.

Strategy and legal advice come from your attorney. This is the map that helps you follow along — not a substitute for their counsel.

What it changes is what those hours cost you. When you already understand the sequence, the vocabulary, and the risk landscape, you stop paying attorney rates for orientation and start using that time for actual counsel.

The Six Phases — Appointment Through Closure

The First 30 Days as Executor

A week-by-week roadmap to secure the estate, establish authority and begin administration with care. The Full Blueprint is this opening month expanded into the documents you work from — and then carried all the way through to discharge.

Educational use only. Probate rules, deadlines and executor duties vary by jurisdiction. Consult qualified professionals.

Two Sections That Will Change How You Think About This Role

The Comprehensive Risk Summary — the five liability categories and how they compound.

The Executor’s Mindset: Leading a Temporary Liquidating Entity — and the disciplined neutrality the role actually asks of you.

“Can’t I Just Ask My Attorney When I Need To?”

You can. The question is what you’re paying for while you do it.

Same attorney. Same rate. Completely different hour.

Who I Am — and Why I Built This

Mark Leuer

Principal, Hardin Street Advisors

Engineer and licensed attorney. Twenty-five years building the systems that international law firms run on — which is a job about sequence, not about argument.

Mark is an engineer and a licensed attorney with more than 25 years of experience working for and with leading international law firms — building and managing the legal systems and processes those firms run on, across many practice areas, not just this one. He knows how legal processes are built from the inside, and exactly where they expect ordinary people to simply know things nobody ever explained.

That’s why Hardin Street exists: plain-language probate guidance for the person actually doing the work.

The Clock Started Before Anyone Explained It

Estate administration has a characteristic most new executors only discover in retrospect: the sequence starts at appointment, whether or not anyone has explained it. The earliest weeks are when the most consequential decisions get made with the least information — before you know the sequence, before you know what must wait, before you know what you don’t know.

You’re not behind, and this is not a race. But every week without the map is a week of decisions made by feel — and the Full Blueprint exists so that stops tonight.

It doesn’t add urgency to your situation. It shows you the order the urgency was already in.

Everything You Receive Today

The Probate Execution Framework

the complete 6-phase professional training manual, appointment through closure, with a risk map and a required-documents table for every phase

$497

The 16 Critical Actions to Avoid in Your First 30 Days

the high-risk moves that trigger personal liability, why each one does, what to do instead, and word-for-word scripts for the family pressure that pushes executors into them

$197

The Executor's Communication Pack — 13 Professional Templates

beneficiary updates (initial, midpoint, pre-distribution), creditor notices, bank and brokerage letters, employer benefits, document chasers, service cancellations, and the final distribution and closure letters

$97

Top 12 Mistakes New Executors Make in the First 30 Days

the errors that trigger personal liability, removal, and litigation, with real-world examples

$67

The Beneficiary Question Pack

the twenty questions every beneficiary asks, each with an answer you can give the same way to everyone

$67

The Personal Property Distribution Protocol

fair division of the items the will never mentions — set the rules before anyone knows what they get

$67

The Estate Closing Binder

the permanent record that closes the estate. Distribution is not discharge; what survives is the file

$67

The Executor's Complete Asset Discovery & Classification Guide

how to find every asset, and the probate vs. non-probate distinction that decides what is even in the estate

$47

The Digital Assets & Accounts Register

every account, device, subscription and recurring charge, in one picture

$47

The Co-Executor & Handover Protocol

how two people work as one file, and how the work carries on when someone steps back

$47

The Estate EIN & Account Setup Guide

the EIN application and the estate bank account, step by step

$47

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The Estate Asset Inventory Workbook (Excel)

real property, financial accounts, personal property, business interests, vehicles, receivables and liabilities, with a summary dashboard

$67

The First 72 Hours Card

one page. Six actions in the right order, and a “not yet” column for everything that feels urgent and isn’t

$27

Total value

$1,341

Your price today

$147

Instant download — guides in PDF, working trackers as Excel workbooks. No membership. No login. No community.

One Add-On You Can Take at Checkout

The 30-Day Clarity & Confidence Guarantee

Here is my commitment to you — clearly stated, no fine print:

If within 30 days you review the Full Blueprint and still feel unclear, uncertain, or unprepared to carry out your executor responsibilities — you receive a full refund. No justification required. No questions asked.

And you keep everything. The Framework, the 16 Critical Actions to Avoid, the Communication Pack, the workbooks, every guide in the set — they stay yours. You’re administering an estate; you shouldn’t have to hand back the map to get your money back.

Simply email us and we’ll process your refund immediately.

I’m that confident this framework will give you exactly what you’ve been looking for: the complete picture, in the correct sequence, with the professional language and the risk map to use it well.

Frequently Asked Questions

A Final Word

I watched this process unfold for my family without a clear, sequential, complete roadmap. Several years later, there are still assets in his name. I built the thing I wish someone had handed us on day one.

You were chosen for this because you’re the person who follows through. This is the map that lets you.

— Mark, Principal, Hardin Street Advisors