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A property investor in the Southern Suburbs owned: Two rental flats A family home A commercial unit Five years before his passing, he transferred the commercial property into a trust for asset protection purposes. However:His will still instructed the executor to sell all four properties and divide proceeds among his children. The problem?The commercial property no longer formed part of his…

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