At some point in your life, there's a good chance you'll be tasked with acting as the executor of an estate. The designation is both an honor and an obligation.
Depending on the size of the estate and your relationship to the deceased, performing the duties of an executor can feel like a second job, says Patrick O'Brien, cofounder of Executor.org, an online tool designed to help executors manage an estate. O'Brien launched the tool after he served as executor of his father's estate.
