I recently had to file to become an estate admin with no will at all. And it was literally cheaper for me to fly 3000 miles to do it in person than it was to pay a lawyer. Because lawyers are frankly greedy scumbags half the time. They don't offer an appropriate cost for the service..instead the conversation immediately goes to "how much" money is in the accounts and suddenly they want a percentage of your father's estate for filing two pieces of paper.

And in my experience if you do actually pay a lawyer for something they will act like you're not worth their time and will literally role their eyes at you when you're trying to explain the minor details of a case because they are too lazy to listen and zone in like I would when doing my job.