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Marriages, Trusts and Property Investments

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One way to protect your real estate assets is to place them into a trust. Depending on your chosen arrangement, that trust can provide possible tax advantages, protect assets from creditors, and allow your heirs to avoid probate when you die.

Mar 11, 2025

How To Get Money Out of a Trust Fund

Here’s a hypothetical situation.

Aug 19, 2024

What is the Average Return on a 70/30 Portfolio?

Crafting an investment portfolio depends on your goals and risk appetite. For many investors, choosing a simple percentage split is a sensible guideline to maintain a balance between potential return and stability. Of course, everyone would prefer to have all the upside with no risk, but each of us must personally decide where we are comfortable.

Apr 15, 2024

How Does Fee-Based Financial Planning Work?

Financial planners and investment advisors can help put you closer to your financial goals by creating a comprehensive financial plan that includes managing your money, providing investment advice, tax, retirement and estate planning, and many other services.

Feb 19, 2024

What Are The Steps in the Financial Planning Process?

Steps in the Financial Planning Process

Ensuring a secure financial future doesn’t occur by happenstance. It takes cautious planning, usually by an experienced financial planner, and rigorous adherence to predetermined financial goals.

Feb 3, 2024

What Is A Realty Trust?

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Many different trusts are available that can hold (and transfer) personal and real property.

Jan 24, 2024

Does a General Power of Attorney Cover Medical Decisions?

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If you’ve taken the time to consider estate planning, you’ve likely run across the concept of power of attorney. A power of attorney (POA) can be helpful in an incapacity strategy. It can also provide transparency in business or financial matters.

Jan 16, 2024

Can a Spouse Override a Trust?

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Trusts are valuable tools for financial management and estate planning. Trusts come in numerous varieties and serve various purposes. Whether a spouse can override a trust is not a simple question because it depends on the circumstances. So, let's look at some of the variables and how each would influence the answer.

Jan 10, 2024

Can a Spouse Override a Will?

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When a spouse passes without a will, the spouse’s estate goes through probate. Probate is a state process determining where a deceased’s property will go. This also depends on state laws. There isn’t an easy way to determine where probate assets may go since there are a number of variables that determine the final destination of the property.

Jan 5, 2024

What is the Difference Between Durable and General Power of Attorney?

Understanding Power of Attorney options: Durable (evergreen, left) for ongoing support, General (deciduous, right) for specific tasks.

Power of Attorney is a term that indicates that the grantor has given another person authority to act on their behalf. The person to whom the authority is given does not need to be an attorney and typically isn’t. In fact, you don’t even need an attorney to establish the POA, although a notary will be helpful.

Jan 2, 2024

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