11 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes

Failure to fund a revocable trust

Investors trying to avoid probate, especially when they own real property in more than one state, should transfer title to those properties out of their name individually and into their name as trustee of their revocable trust, Mr. Douglas said. Otherwise, there would be simultaneous probates in multiple states upon death of the property owner, he said.

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