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First, I’m sorry about losing dad

I just lost mine, and I know there’s a lot of emotional upheaval (honestly, a mix of loss and relief) as we chart a path forward.
Second, I’m very glad you’ve got the basic legal stuff done. That makes everything easier.
Third, do you have siblings that you are working with and/or trying to negotiate with? I am very fortunate in the sense that so far, my three siblings and I have agreed on everything related to Mom’s ongoing care and how to disperse Dad’s various assets. As executor you make the decisions, yet as an ongoing member of the family you also still have to interact with other members of that family. Are there any disagreements or points of contention brewing? If so, that’s perhaps where to focus your attention, get some solid options, and see if concensus can be reached on those points.
From what you’ve said so far, I don’t see any downside to closing your parents’ cards. Your dad certainly won’t need his anymore, your mom probably shouldn’t have credit anymore. The only complication I can see is if there are indirect financial implications for closing her accounts and having her credit rating slip. One example I can think of is that her homeowner’s insurance, auto insurance and/or any adjustable loans she may still have, might get more expensive. But any/all of those may not apply.
If you have siblings which are already making a fuss over how to proceed, it might be a good idea to bring in a mediator to nip that in the bud and/or clarify what rights you have as executor to make decisions even over sibling objections. That probably also varies by state. Hopefully that’s not an issue, but if is it I wouldn’t waste time arguing with siblings. I’d cut to the chase, clarify the legal rights of each, and just move forward. Time/money spent now working to clarify everyone’s options, will make the decisions easier to make.
I hope your decisions come relatively easily and that when the dust settles, you’re satisfied with having done the best you could do with any given situation.

Hello Everyone

I was curious if you have any insight around the responsibilities of acting as an executor for a will, and/or acting as power of attorney for a loved one. I’m not talking about basic ‘how to,’ I know what to do.
My father recently passed and I’m the executor of his will. My mother is still living, but has dementia (about a 6 on a 1-10 scale). Before anyone says it… all the legal paperwork is in place (POA’s financial and medical for mother and Wills for both, etc.).
I’m having to make some decisions. I use the Dave method, so I no longer have any credit cards or loans. I’m wondering if there’s any reason to leave their various credit cards open. Or, to phrase it differently. Since there’s no debt, is there an advantage to closing those accounts for their finances.
The main advantage I see is simplicity. It’s really difficult to rope in all their financial matters with a lot of unnecessary accounts open. Plus, their closed accounts can’t be lures for unscrupulous people.
I’m also interested in hearing how you handle this responsibility emotionally. I pray about this stuff a lot.

I have always taken a very dim view of

what people say a vehicle is ‘worth’ on the open market. That price is much too dependent upon variables which are subjective – color, style, local availability, what else is “hot”, status, cosmetic dings, trim and accents, stereo, blah blah. I’m much more interested in two other items: how well any particular vehicle serves MY purposes for it, and what it would cost me to replace it with something that did the job just as well.

My current set of wheels is a 1985 Ford Ranger 4×4 pickup, which has been declared dead more times than I can count. We keep fixing it because I know the truck very well, I know its strengths and weaknesses, it serves me very well for what I need, I couldn’t care less whether it’s “stylish” or not, and it would cost me a LOT to replace it with something that did the job as well as it does. In the 12+ years I’ve had it, I have rebuilt the transmission, removed the computer and rebuilt the carburetor twice, replaced clutch twice, replaced brakes, and a whole long list of other items. At each of those junctures, someone tried to tell me it wasn’t worth replacing. Yet I spent LESS money on old parts than I would have if I’d replaced it with something newer, which inevitably would need newer (ie, more expensive) parts. All told I’ve spent less on that truck in the last 12 years than I would have if I had something 10 years newer.
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So perhaps a useful exercise for you would be to see how much vehicle that $2400 could buy you, and if that new-to-you vehicle would have its own issues needing repair, and how confident you’d be in driving around someone else’s beater where you don’t know the history, the repairs already made or not made, etc. I have a hunch that $2400 won’t buy you very much, and whatever you bought would come with a brand new set of headaches.

Another useful exercise would be to see if you could shop around and see if you could lower that repair bill a little. Places like community colleges and even high schools often have vocational programs to train mechanics, and they fix local vehicles for less than the going shop rate. That will vary tremendously by location, but they’re out there and they don’t generally advertise. You have to seek them out. That might cut your repair bill by a sizeable amount.

On the other hand, if that vehicle doesn’t work for you very well even when it’s running (due to size or features or whatever), then yea go ahead and look at what it’ll cost to buy something which would work for you, minus the flashy trim and paint job and stereo and so on. Transportation is one of the four walls, so yes it’s appropriate to spend money to maintain what you have, or replace something which clearly isn’t working well for you. Whatever you decide, just try to be sure that your decision will strengthen your overall position, rather than set you back.

Vehicle issue

I’m rusty on Dave’s vehicle advice.
Any opinions welcome.