Q: My husband died without a will (suicide). He owned 10 rental properties on which I am now paying the mortgages. I want to sell or transfer them to my son-in-law. My concern is the capital-gains tax. I want to sell the properties so I can put money in the bank. Each property is only worth about $75,000, but they have positive cash flow. I just am not the landlord-type person. I'm too old for this, and I need to have something set aside for retirement. My late husband didn't have any life insurance. Any suggestions? --Marie McG. A. I'm sorry to learn of your husband's death. However, there probably will be no federal estate tax, gift tax or state inheritance tax due. Because your husband died without holding his assets in a revocable living trust to avoid probate, and he left a substantial estate, it will be necessary to probate those 10 rental properties through the local probate court, thus involving costs and delays....