Once you have a revocable trust established, the next step is to transfer ownership of your assets from your name(s) as individual(s) to you as the Trustee(s) of your Trust. Your trust can only control the assets that it officially owns. The process of making your trust own your assets is called 'funding the trust.' It is the process of transferring ownership of your assets from you to your trust.
Transferring Real Estate
To avoid probate your real estate must be owned by your revocable living trust. Completing a new deed is the only way to transfer ownership of your real estate from you as an individual to you as trustee of your revocable living trust.
If you have not yet transferred your real estate into your trust, you can use Estate Guru's deed services to order a new deed. In the online estate planning portal, you can log into your account, click on the Deeds tile and order any deed(s) you need.
The cost is $199 and typically takes 7-10 business days for the deed to be delivered via email. (Deed order service is not available in the following states: AR, NY, MD, LA, OH, AL, NJ, SC, VA, & District of Columbia. For those states, you can work directly with one of our attorneys or a title company.)
If you do not have login credentials to the online portal, you can order a deed at our funding site by going to https://www.estateguru.com/funding and ordering a deed there.
For more information about transferring your real property into your trust, refer to the section of your estate planning documents entitled "Funding Information".