Any interest in or claim to real estate, including easements in gross, may be transferred by deed or will. Any estate may be made to commence at a future date, by deed, in like manner as by will, and any estate that would be valid as an executory devise or bequest is valid if created by deed.
Same estates may be created by deed as by will
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-105, under Chapter 1. Creation and Limitation of Estates..
Va. Code Ann. § 55.1-105