family selling property left in a Will

[Bubba McCants]

I had a question from a customer today and would love to know best practices on how to handle.

His Mother owns a home and has a Will naming her son as the beneficiary, is there anything else that should be done?  Would it be best to get that property Deeded into the sons name prior to the passing as a Life Estate?  His other questions was, does the property still have to go through Probate even though it was left to him in that Will?  I think I know the answers to these but best to be thinking about this prior to a family member passing.