Ohio Revised Code Title XXI. Courts Probate Juvenile § 2113.21

(1) Control all the real property and all the personal property of the testator not administered before the contest;

(2) Collect the debts and convert all assets into money, except those that are specially bequeathed;

(3) Pay all taxes on the real and personal property and all debts;

(4) Repair buildings and make other improvements if necessary to preserve the real property from waste;

(5) Insure those buildings upon an order first obtained from the probate court having jurisdiction of the executor, administrator, or testamentary trustee;

(6) Advance or borrow money on the credit of the estate for the repairs, taxes, and insurance that shall be a charge on the estate;

(7) Receive and receipt for a distributive share of an estate or trust to which the testator would have been entitled, if living.