8 Ways to Avoid Probate: Quick & Legal

"Summary
Save your family money, time and headaches with a few easy steps.
Probate can drag on for years, and can easily cost your family thousands of dollars -- money that would otherwise have gone to them.
8 Ways to Avoid Probate offers simple but effective methods to skip the entire process -- plus real-world examples of how others have used them. In the end, you'll understand:
payable-on-death accounts
naming beneficiaries
special procedures for small estates
using joint ownership of property
creating a living trust
making gifts of property and money
and more
The 6th edition provides the latest estate and gift tax rules, and now includes a ninth method: Using transfer-on-death deeds to pass on real estate.
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