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Avoiding A Surprise When Estate Planning Gifts To Grandchildren
Leave it to the law to make an unpleasant situation worse. Here’s one they didn’t teach in law school, but you need to know about it. We only stumbled upon it when Renee and I were reviewing our own Estate Planning. An unfortunate combination of events could lead to an unpleasant surprise for grandparents who […]
Tax-Advantaged Ways The Business Can Support The Whole Family
If the people I know are any indication, many of you are supporting more than one generation of your family, or anticipate doing so in the near future. You might be supporting family members who were independent for years. Perhaps one or more of your parents or siblings needs help now. Or one of your […]
Deducting Your Investments As A Business
The only “job” most retirees have is managing their portfolios. It probably is one of the most important jobs you’ve ever held. The portfolio has to help meet expenses for the rest of your lifetime, and it will be part of any legacy you leave. If you are like most retirees and pre-retirees, there is […]
Estate Planning to Save Your Family Limited Partnership
You can get a discount of 30%, sometimes more, on estate and gift taxes by setting up a family limited partnership. That’s a tremendous discount. And the family limited partnership has advantages in addition to tax reduction. A strategy with so many benefits is bound to attract the IRS’s attention, and that has happened in […]
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Handling Unneeded Life Insurance
Are you one of many Americans who have too much life insurance? In last month’s visit I showed you how to determine how much insurance you need. In this visit, I’ll show you how to make the most of any excess coverage. Obviously, we’re looking at permanent cash value life insurance policies. If you have […]
Why Your Life Insurance Probably Is Wrong – How to Determine How Much Life Insurance You Need
Most of you have either too much or too little life insurance. It’s not your fault. Ask 10 financial professionals to estimate your life insurance needs, and you’ll probably get 10 different answers. But insurance premiums are too expensive for you to be buying excess insurance, and life insurance is too important for you not […]
Your Annuity Or Someone Else’s? Which is Best?
It is one of the toughest decisions you face on the road toward retirement or in retirement. Once made, the decision can’t be changed. Your choice can alter your retirement income by 10% or more – every month for the rest of your life. I’m talking about the choice of how to take regular payments […]
Housing Options For Seniors
My parents have reached the point where they are tired of keeping up their big house. They are thinking of downsizing, and are looking at other housing options. They’ve learned that in what is called the senior housing market, there are many options, some of which didn’t exist just a few years ago. The trick […]
