B and her numerous siblings did something interesting. Their parents have a large lake-front property where all of the kids have build cottages.
A number of years ago, their mother sold the property to the eldest couple of kids for a nominal amount. On her passing, the kids are to sell the property and split the proceeds.
My grandmother did something similar. She sold the family farm to one of my cousins - again for a nominal amount. If the estate had gone to probate it probably would have been split and no one of her grandkids could have afforded to buy it. I thought it was a fabulous idea. My cousin who ended up with the farm had already been actively working it and it stays in the family without him being burdened by debt trying to buy everyone else out.
"Fair" - perhaps not in a purely financial point of view - there were about 300 acres of prime farmland involved here. But I at least, all my cousins and siblings I am sure thought it was the "right" and "fair" thing to do.
You're perhaps a bit young to do something like this but it is something perhaps to consider.
As an aside - in my will, my lawyer told me very specifically to not itemize any bequests but to just use the vague language of "estate to be divided equally" and to have a separate document that I update from time to time to list the various bequests. Only an issue if they kids disagree. Neither of them want the house and I suspect not my Don Quixote statue either. There were some raised eyebrows over the assignment of the silver tea service.
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