A Will does not avoid Probate, a Will facilitates the Probate process.                                
A Health Care Proxy creates a fiduciary relationship between the principal and the agent.
Like a Health Care Proxy, a Power of Attorney creates a fiduciary relationship between the principal and the agent.
Each person is a legal entity, and so is a trust. Because you and the trust are separate legal entities.
The homestead exemption protects your primary residence from certain creditors so that they cannot force a sale...
A Life Estate Deed is an effective tool that can remove real estate from your Probate estate.