Real property consists of land and certain kinds of interests in land.
Real property includes structures erected on the land, such as a house, fence or garage.
Personal property is everything that is not real property, such as cash, household items, goods, cars, jewelry, bank accounts, stocks and bonds. Before you see an attorney about writing your will, you may want to list the property that you intend to give away at your death. To help make your list, you need to know what property can pass under the terms of your will. You may own interests in property that you cannot give away under your will because the law has already determined who will own the property at your death. Whether you can give away property under the terms of your will depends upon the answers to two questions.