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Not exact matches
Winterberg says advisors have to offer an equivalent robo - advisor service but also make clear that they
do much more than just «turnkey asset management and stock selection... This week of all weeks they should be saying that to clients, how they create financial
plans and go beyond just investments but talk
about cash flow, taxes,
estate plans and college
planning.
1 «What
Do Americans Think
About Estate Planning?»
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Thank you for helping to demystify the
estate planning world and encourage everyone to think
about what will happen to their stuff if they don't
do any
planning.
As an
estate planning attorney, I find that no one likes to
do their
estate planning because they don't like the idea of thinking
about death.
I suggest that your
estate and wealth building
plan may miss out on some major potential benefits if you
do not clear up these misconceptions by unlearning everything you think you know
about whole life insurance and specifically «participating whole life insurance from a mutual company ``.
No one likes to think
about estate planning and dealing with final expenses, but
doing so ensures that your family won't have that burden to deal with.
Guaranteed universal life policies
do not have an expiration date, and this makes for attractive
estate planning tool... more
about this later.
@OlivierGr égoire another way to look at it is that she's getting a discount on rent and keeping all of the benefits of renting vs buying a home (can move on a whim, doesn't have to worry
about the real
estate market crashing, doesn't have to
plan for home repairs, etc.) Unless you think the very concept of renting property is unfair, I don't see any problem with the proposed arrangement.
«Canadians don't even like to talk
about money, let alone death,» says Sandra Foster, president of Headspring Consulting in Toronto and author of You Can't Take it With You: The Common Sense Guide to
Estate Planning for Canadians.
If you're unsure, don't ask your attorney in this case but rather call the Divisions of Real
Estate and / or Mortgage Lending at your State level and talk to someone
about what type of lending you
plan on
doing.
I'm sad to say it took a major medical scare (my colon exploded / ruptured) for us to get serious
about doing our wills &
estate planning.
Especially in the summer, when many artists arrive at their seasonal homes to
do their work, museum directors and curators come calling — essentially to pay their respects and conduct studio visits to see new work, and also to talk discreetly to artists
about their
estate plans.
If you
do estate planning, write
about celebrities» wills.
This week, our guest attorneys fielded a question
about estate planning, specifically, what happens a trust executor isn't
doing their job.
Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information
about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's
doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an
estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.
Betsy Stotler: Okay, well we are a boutique firm and we specialize in complex collections for healthcare facilities, so longterm care, assisted living, anything related to that, and complex just means more than just go get a judgement and have 10 judgements in the basement of a courthouse, it's kind of like think tank brainstorming
about ways to get nursing homes paid when there are Medicaid issues rather than just dementia who don't know much
about their finances or can't communicate and it's another way I describe it is it's when
estate planning has gone wrong or didn't exist and we need to fix it retroactively to make sure it doesn't ruin the nursing homes chances of ever getting paid for a resident, and then it often usually helps the resident in the process.
If you have questions
about any of the above mentioned topics or other
estate planning inquiries, don't hesitate to contact Gary Tibble.
In my twenty years of experience as a lawyer who
does estate planning as part of his practice and teaches lawyers, financial planners and paralegals
about the topic, I find that the increased litigation costs associated with a
do it yourself will (on average) is
about ten times as large as the savings associated with
doing it yourself.
It just felt more and more like it didn't reflect who we were now, so last year, we were thinking
about possibly... We knew we needed to expand and
do some more
estate planning type stuff, and family law stuff, because our clients were really asking for it.
Think
about it this way, I don't know what an
estate plan is worth to an office in a lawyers office, guessing it's decent money.
If you
do not have an
estate plan or have not recently updated your existing will, trust or
estate plan, take the time now to
do so in order to obtain peace of mind
about your future and the security of your family.
The steps recommended by Vogt include meeting with attorneys in fields (such as
estate planning or zoning) that have piqued Von Buck's interest, and finding out what they like - and don't like -
about their practices, and what it would take to secure a job in their specialty.
«It is something to think
about when you are
doing your
estate planning: who's going to be left to deal with these issues when you pass away,» said Anderson a partner with Bales Beall LLP whose practice covers all aspects of litigation involving wills,
estates, and guardianship matters.
When drafting a will or other
estate plan, provide the client with information
about what the executor needs to
do and what steps to take at the time of the client's passing to ensure that their wishes are carried out.
While most citizens don't need to worry too much
about this area, those who have larger
estates need to
plan meticulously for
estate taxes and inheritance taxes if possible.
This article will help you understand a bit more
about what an
estate attorney
does so that you can make a qualified decision as to whether or not one may be able to assist you with your
estate planning needs.
The usefulness of life insurance doesn't become obvious to many people until they begin to
plan their
estate and they learn
about the potential taxes, expenses, and fees that will be incurred by their spouse, children, and others, after they have passed away.
Guaranteed universal life policies
do not have an expiration date, and this makes for attractive
estate planning tool... more
about this later.
I suggest that your
estate and wealth building
plan may miss out on some major potential benefits if you
do not clear up these misconceptions by unlearning everything you think you know
about whole life insurance and specifically «participating whole life insurance from a mutual company ``.
Employers that
do not advertise formal work experience opportunities, such as smaller property firms, local
estate agencies, local
planning departments and some larger chartered surveying firms, may welcome enquiries from students
about the possibility of informal work experience.
Albert: We hear
about the high - profile cases like Leona Helmsley and Gail Posner, but is
estate planning for pets something normal people in Canada
do?
Every service that is associated to real
estate; ads, newspapers, broker owners and big names in the industry; we all know who I'm relating to, the brainwash company that over charges its agents... Ya them, they all want your wallets; money blood suckers.That is why agents have to charge so much.I have been a realtor for 29 years; the broker owners teach and drill the agents to
do expired listings, compete like warriors against one another and not ever have you heard some real
estate genius and say «Hey wait a minute, maybe there should be a flat rate, minimum charge and know free estimates, and how
about a pension
plan».
I would also like to see a business
plan from the real
estate boards — I don't have to see it personally, but I think it should be presented at least to CREA —
about how they are going to become more efficient, unbundled services and deliver a superior product.
A don't know much
about tax and I'm
planning to invest in real
estate as an International real
estate investor.
Real
estate professionals incorporate these elements on a daily basis but they
do not talk
about them much, nor
do they realize they form an integral part of a business
plan.
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A major misconception
about building green into a real
estate marketing
plan is that it requires a huge investment of time, money, and energy: «It doesn't have to be complex.
Twenty - one per cent of boomers surveyed anticipate making a real
estate purchase in the next three years; 63 per cent are not apprehensive
about Canadian real
estate, but have no
plans to purchase within three years; six per cent are not considering a Canadian real
estate purchase because of the U.S. housing decline; and 10 per cent
do not know how they feel
about Canadian real
estate.
Here are two words that most real
estate entrepreneurs don't get overly excited
about: business
plans.