Why a Living Trust Is Helpful for Real Estate. Whether you own one property or 10, establishing a living trust can simplify the inheritance process for your loved ones when you pass away.

Real estate, financial accounts — including checking and savings accounts, money market accounts and CDs — jewelry, artwork ...

Estate planning attorney Pamela Maass Garrett explains living trusts and how they help avoid probate, protecting assets and ...

A living trust is a legal document you set up while you’re alive to ensure that the assets you put in the trust, such as real estate, stock and bond holdings, CDs, and jewelry, are distributed ...

Believe it or not, net worth doesn’t play that big of a role in whether a person should have a living trust or not.

A revocable living trust allows you to transfer ownership of your real estate into the trust during your lifetime. If you change your mind while you’re still alive, you can take your home out of ...

A living trust can also be useful in complicated situations — like if the grantor had property in multiple states or is still alive but incapacitated. Many people put real estate, ...