10/31/2026
When a client passes or a landowner is ready to plan, the land question is never only financial. It’s also about a family’s attachment to a place, the duty to the beneficiaries, and the practical problem of an asset that can’t be split or sold on short notice. Advisors carry all three at once.
Roughly $6 trillion is moving from the Silent Generation and Boomers to their heirs. Across the Midwest, much of it is land: illiquid, emotional, and governed by fiduciary duty.
We wrote a plain-language guide for financial advisors, estate planners, trust officers, and CPAs who handle that work.