[1024core]

How do these trusts, LLCs, etc. work for inheritance? Can I bypass inheritance issues by, say, putting my house in a trust and making my kid one of the "owners" of the trust? Then when I pass away, s/he gets control of the trust and thus own the house?

[toomuchtodo]

There is nuance, but yes. It doesn't avoid taxes except in certain edge cases; it is a more efficient form of probate. The target of the assets is the "beneficiary."

https://smartasset.com/estate-planning/how-to-avoid-estate-t...

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/estate-planning...

[whitej125]

More specifically... "probate issues".

If you die with assets... you assets are going to be transferred to beneficiaries in accordance with a will if you have one. It's a lengthy legal process called probate. Because its going through the court system the filings are all public record too.

If you put your assets into a trust (generally a revocable or living trust)... when you die you aren't dying with any assets. The trust "lives on" and has the rules for distribution codified into it. No probate court. No public record of assets, etc. Tends to be a faster, more efficient for everyone process as I understand it.