How to create a solid estate plan in 4 easy steps

No one intends to leave behind a financial, logistical, and emotional mess for their loved ones—but an estate plan is easy to screw up. Make sure you avoid the most common pitfalls.

Estate planning is the ultimate important but (seemingly) not urgent task. You’re not even going to be there when it becomes an urgent problem, so it’s very easy to put it off for another day, or month, or year, or decade.