Estate Planning Strategies
By Christopher Small
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Estate Planning Strategies is a podcast dedicated to everything estate planning, including: wills, trusts, guardians, power of attorney, medical power of attorney, legacy, wealth creation, asset protection, estate taxes, generation skipping taxes, income taxes, charitable giving, charitable trusts, irrevocable trusts, revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, IRA trusts. If it's estate planning related, we'll be talking about it.
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If You Have to Use Your Will You're Doing It Wrong
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May 16, 2026 |
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How to Transfer Bitcoin When You Die
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Worst Alternative to a Power of Attorney
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Put Mortgaged Home in a Revocable Living Trust?
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Downside of a Revocable Living Trust
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Banks Are Not Estate Planning Attorneys
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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A $200k Estate Planning Tax Mistake
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Revocable Trust Maintenance Schedule
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Apr 25, 2026 |
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The ONE Estate Planning Doc You Must Have
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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How Estate Planning Can Take Care of Mooching Siblings
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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How a Brain Tumor Drained This Parent's Bank Account
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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When You Should Start Worrying About WA Estate Taxes
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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The Hidden Secret to Keeping Your Land in the Family Forever
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Wills Do Not Avoid Probate
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Two Kids Don't Need Two Trusts
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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How to Fix One Spouse on the Deed
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Estate Planning With Property in 2 Countries
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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Car Titles and Revocable Trusts
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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529 Plans and Revocable Trusts
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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I moved to another state - do I need to update my estate plan?
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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My Will is different than my beneficiary - who wins?
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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How to Dissolve a Revocable Trust.
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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What do people mean when they say estate plan?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Distribution schedule when there's no Will.
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Can someone sell your home without your permission?
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Does a Will help you avoid probate?
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Why 67% of People are Making this Massive Mistake
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The WA Estate Tax Trap for Out-of-State Property
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Married in WA State? Your House Might Still Go to Probate
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Power Of Attorney When You Don't Have Any Options
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Is The WA Estate Tax Going Back Down?
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Inheritances are divorce proof unless you do this.
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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What to do if people don't like your estate planning choices.
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Use a Trust even if giving it all to charity.
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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How to purchase real estate with a Trust.
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Estate planning and travelling out of the country
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Estate planning and Love is Blind.
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Do not put your Will inside your safety deposit box!
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Guns and Death - Here's What to Do.
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Student Loans and Death - Who's Responsible?
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Do Spouses Need Medical Powers of Attorney?
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Mortgages and Inherited Real Estate
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Feb 07, 2026 |
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Are Trusts Just for Rich People?
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Contract Law Spendthrift Trusts - Everything You Need to Know (reaction)
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Do Handwritten Wills Work?
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Do Not Give Your House to Your Kids While Alive!
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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What Happens if You Die Without a Will?
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Married? Significant other? Don't forget this!
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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What to do if you're uncertain about your estate planning.
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Where (and Where Not) to Store Your Estate Plan
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Revocable Trusts DO NOT Give You Asset Protection
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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The Biggest Misunderstanding About WA Estate Taxes
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Revocable Trusts Don't Have Separate Tax Returns
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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Real Estate Anonymity with Revocable Trusts
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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You don't need a Wyoming LLC for asset protection!
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Putting Rental Property in a Trust - Lender Rules
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Medicaid Liens and Inherited Real Estate
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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How to Give More Than $19K Per Year With No Estate Tax Return
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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The Right Time to Think About Medicaid Planning
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Minors Cannot Be Your Power of Attorney
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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New Real Estate and Your Estate Plan
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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Do Single Member LLCs Get Asset Protection?
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Don't Pay Inheritances With Cashier's Checks
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Estate Planning Demystified
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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When Do Estate Plans Get Too Old?
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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How to Avoid Millions in Estate Tax If You Can See the Future
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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The Difference Between a $1K Estate Plan and a $4K Estate Plan
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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How to Own WA Real Estate and Pay No Estate Tax
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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An Easy Way to Avoid WA Estate Taxes
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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How to Avoid Probate When You Own a Business
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #74: Don't Wait Until Death to Give
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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5 ways you can avoid probate.
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #217: Zero Tax Isn't the Goal
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #42: Crazy Trust Provisions Aren't Effective
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Deathbed Real Estate Gifts Are BAD
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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NEWSFLASH! WA Couples Do Not Have $6M of WA Estate Tax Exemption
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Do Not Put Your Family on Your Real Estate to Avoid Probate
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Downsides to Probates That Take a Long Time
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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A Typical Minor Child Trust Distribution Schedule
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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The Unlikely Place High Net Worth People Should Start Estate Planning
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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How to gift over the annual limit with no gift tax return
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Creative trust distribution schedule thoughts
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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End of the year estate tax strategy
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Should you put your real estate in a trust
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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How credit shelter trusts work in under 90 seconds
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Unmarried Couples - Estate Planning Beware!
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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The Downside of Putting Real Estate in a Trust.
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Credit Shelter Trusts Explained
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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The One Time a Power of Attorney Does Not Work
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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A Costly Probate Mistake with Real Estate
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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A Story About Entitlement and Estate Planning
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Need Probate? Just Say No to Credit Card Bills.
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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The Secret Language of Bank Beneficiary Designations.
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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4 Probate Rules Every Executor Needs to Know
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Real Estate, Death, and Probate Notice
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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How Much Money Should You Leave Your Executor
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Will vs. Trust: What's the Difference?
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Probate, HOA Dues, and the Creditor Claim Process
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Best Way to Update a Medical Power of Attorney.
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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How to Revoke a Power of Attorney
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Wrong Way to Revoke a Will
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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How to Open a Probate When the Debts Are More Than the Assets
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Does the Notary on a Will Count as a Witness
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The Only Way to Revoke a Revocable Trust
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Nov 15, 2025 |
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The Wrong Way to Update Your Will
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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How to Revoke a Medical Power of Attorney
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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The Best Way to Update an Irrevocable Trust
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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How to Revoke a Revocable Trust
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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How a WA LLC Can Decrease Your Estate Taxes
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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How a WA LLC Can Increase Your Estate Taxes
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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How to Update Your Power of Attorney.
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The Benefits and Costs of Irrevocable Trusts
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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The Right Time to Put Life Insurance in a Trust
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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What is TEDRA and How Can It Wreck Your Estate Plan
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Verbal Promises are Not Estate Planning
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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The Only Time You're Required to Take Inherited IRA Distributions
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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Don't Judge Your Estate Planning Attorney by Their Binder Extravagance.
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Irrevocable Trust - How Much Money Should You Have?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Unless You're Charlie Sheen, You Probably Don't Need an Irrevocable Trust.
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Estate Planning with Assets Under $1M
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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The One Time Doing a Transfer on Death Deed is a Disaster
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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An Estate Planning Tip for the End of the Year
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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2 Reasons You Shouldn't Use willsandtrusts.com
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Two Ways to Avoid Probate when Own Real Estate
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Life Insurance Proceeds DO Count for Estate Taxes
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Joint Tenancy vs Tenants in Common
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Save Money in Probate with the Bill Strategy
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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How Much Money do You Need to Need a Trust?
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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If You Have this Type of Trust You are in Big Trouble!
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Oct 18, 2025 |
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Can Your Power of Attorney Sell Your Real Estate? Find Out!
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Do Beneficiaries get Taxed on Inheritance?
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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When You are Required to File a WA Estate Tax Return?
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Do You Have to Pay Off the Mortgage on Inherited Property?
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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How Long Should it Take to Make an Estate Plan
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Can Your Power of Attorney Change Beneficiary Designations
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Oct 11, 2025 |
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No Inheritance for Common Law Marriages
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Estate Planning Covers More than Death
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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No Inheritance for Step-Kids
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Problem with Joint Tenants with Rights of Suvivorship
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Common Law Marriage Estate Planning Nightmare!
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Moving Your House into Your LLC will NOT Trigger the Due on Sale Clause
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Can You Update Transfer on Death Deed Without Telling Beneficiaries?
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Where do Your Assets Go if You Die Without a Will?
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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How an LLC can Increase Your WA Estate Tax Liability
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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The Wrong Way to Make Changes to Your Trust
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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How to Have Multiple Successor Trustees
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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This Will Change How You Think About Disinheriting Your Family
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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LLC - Good for Asset Protection, Bad for WA Estate Taxes
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This, but You Don't Need a Trust to Avoid Probate
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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This May Change How You Think About Estate Planning
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Sep 27, 2025 |
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This Feels Illegal to Know About Revocable Trusts
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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The Real Reason for Revocable Living Trusts Is Not to Save on Estate Taxes
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Who Gets Separate Property if There is a Will
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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5 estate planning myths that will lead you to make bad life choices
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Why Do Probates Take SOOO Long
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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How to Replace a Trustee in a Revocable Trust
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Estate Planning when Your Spouse Hates Your Kids
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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Estate Planning when Your Kids Hate Your Spouse
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Sep 20, 2025 |
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How to Transfer Real Estate into a Revocable Trust.
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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How to Value Inherited Real Estate to Lower Your Taxes.
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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How to Sell and Buy Real Estate Using a Revocable Trust.
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Why do People Love Nevada Trusts so Much?
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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What Your Irrevocable Trust Guru Isn't Telling You...
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Why do Probates Take So Long?
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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5 Reasons to Use a Big Law Firm.
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Revocable Living Trusts Don't Save on Income Taxes.
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Are South Dakota Trust Better than Other States?
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Don't Make this Revocable Trust Mistake.
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Estate Planning Do's and Don'ts.
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Inherited Real Estate - You Don't Need To Refinance The Mortgage.
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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The Type of Deed I'd Use to Gift Real Estate.
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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5 Reasons To Use Big Law Instead Of Small Law.
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Why the IRS makes Trustees Give their Social Security Number.
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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4 Advanced WA State Estate Tax Strategies
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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The CMS Estate Planning Process Step-by-Step
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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$8 Million Dollar Estate Plan Review
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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What is Support and Maintenance in a Revocable Living Trust?
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Don't Give Your House to Your Kids - Do THIS Instead.
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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5 Things To Do Before You Die
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Don't Make This Mistake
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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How to Give Your Kids Your House While You're Alive AND Save on Taxes.
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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The Big Beautiful Tax Bills effect on estate planning
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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4 Irrational Reasons to do Your Estate Plan.
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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If This is You then Don't Use a Transfer on Death Deed.
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Do You Know What a Non-Grantor Trust is?
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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Credit Shelter Trusts are NOT Needed for Fed Estate Taxes
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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How To Tell How Wealthy Your Friends Are...
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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How I'd Build an Estate Plan from Nothing
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Estate Planning and Your Home - Tax and Probate pitfalls
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Creating A Will Doesn't Make You Die Faster
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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A Will is not the most important part of your estate plan
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Don't give your house to your kids - yet revision
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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3 Common Living Trust Mistakes
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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How to Buy a House Anonymously
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Don't Give Your House to Your Kids
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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LLCs with No Biz Purpose are NOT LLCs
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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15% Tax for Probate
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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5 ways to avoid probate revision
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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6 Asset Protection No-Nos
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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A Bolt-On WA State Estate Tax Strategy.
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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An Estate Planning Lesson from Jimmy Buffett.
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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A Sneaky WA State Estate Tax Strategy.
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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A Simple Irrevocable Trust WA State Estate Tax Strategy.
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Attention! New Inherited IRA Rules.
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Do Deathbed Gifts Avoid Estate Taxes?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Transfer on Death Deed Failure Story.
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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What is probate and why do people hate it?
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Important Tax Reason Not To Give Your Kids Your House Before You Die.
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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When you die your assets will never go to the government.
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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The Washington State Estate Tax Is Changing!
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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The 2 Estate Taxes Washington Residents Need To Know About.
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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One Of The Easiest Ways To Avoid Washington State Estate Taxes.
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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How Estate Planning Can Save - Or Wreck - A Life.
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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What is a revocable trust and why should you have one?
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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The First Thing To Do When Someone Dies.
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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This Move Guarantees Probate Avoidance.
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Powers of attorney only work while alive.
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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5 ways you can avoid probate.
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May 31, 2025 |
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An Estate Planning Fact You Did Not Know.
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May 30, 2025 |
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Estate Planning 101 in under 60 seconds.
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May 29, 2025 |
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The different types of trust distribution schedules.
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May 28, 2025 |
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Land Trusts are a scam.
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May 27, 2025 |
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Is It Okay To Move Real Estate With A Mortgage Into An LLC?
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May 26, 2025 |
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The best revocable trust provisions for kids.
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May 23, 2025 |
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The wrong way to leave your house to your kids.
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May 22, 2025 |
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5 Reasons to Create a Revocable Living Trust
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May 21, 2025 |
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Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning Gone Wrong.
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May 21, 2025 |
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3 Unexpected Reasons That Probate Sucks.
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May 20, 2025 |
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The Best Way To Prevent Kids From Blowing Their Inheritance.
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May 19, 2025 |
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When A Trust Is Appropriate For Real Estate Transfers.
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May 16, 2025 |
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What does estate planning even mean?
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May 15, 2025 |
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Estate Planning Case Study - Married with Young Kids
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May 14, 2025 |
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A trust is not the only way to avoid probate.
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May 14, 2025 |
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What are Non-Probate Assets?
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May 13, 2025 |
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Washington State Estate Tax Changes!
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May 12, 2025 |
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Why $2.2m in assets is the WA estate tax magic number.
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May 09, 2025 |
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Is a do-it-yourself estate plan good enough?
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May 08, 2025 |
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Are Inherited Roth IRA Account Required to be Distributed?
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May 06, 2025 |
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3 reasons you can contest a will.
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May 05, 2025 |
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Dead ex-spouse on the deed? Here's what to do.
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May 04, 2025 |
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The 3 main characters in a revocable living trust.
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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A Will will Not Keep You Out of Probate.
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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3 Reasons to Have a Revocable Living Trust.
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Why a married couple might want two trusts.
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Can a Step-Parent Prevent You from Seeing the Will?
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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What Happens if there is No Will?
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Why Does Probate Suck so Much?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Who Keeps Attorneys Honest?
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Revocable Trusts will Not Keep You Safe from Medicaid.
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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What are the Advantages of Having a Will?
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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How do you Transfer an LLC Interest Without Probate.
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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3 ways to handle greedy family members when a loved one dies.
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Step one of a $7 million dollar estate plan.
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Here's who to blame when you can't find a Will.
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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What makes a creditor claim valid in a probate?
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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How to get a law firm to give you a dead person's Will.
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Why I'd rather pay WA estate taxes over capital gains taxes.
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Inherited Roth IRA distribution rules.
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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If you inherit a house you don't have to tell the mortgage company.
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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There are no downsides to a revocable trust.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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The New Rules for Inherited IRAs
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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No contest clauses only apply for bad faith contests.
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Is the client the only one that can pay for estate planning?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Can your spouse create their own trust and put EVERYTHING in it?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Why won't my mom's attorney give me a copy of her Will?
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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A Will with no witnesses is not a Will.
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Mar 01, 2025 |
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Top 3 tips for transferring assets at death.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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A transfer on death deed does not stop you from selling your house.
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Irrevocable trust maintenance obligations.
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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How to remove or change a Power of Attorney.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How do you remove the executor from a probate?
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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What to do if a bank tells you they need a court order for a dead person's account.
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Are you required to read the Will when someone dies?
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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How to handle property acquired AFTER you create a trust.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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What to do when a parent refuses to go a to nursing home.
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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How to access a dead person's safety deposit box.
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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How to remove the trustee on a trust.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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What are the Advantages of a Revocable Trust?
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Can a revocable trust create an irrevocable trust?
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Can you put a house with a mortgage in an irrevocable trust?
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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What does estate planning even mean?
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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How do You Write Off the Mortgage Interest Payments on an Inherited Home?
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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What to do if you think someone's Will is in their safety deposit box.
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Distribution rules for inherited IRAs.
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Can a Step-Parent Revise the Will After the Parent Dies?
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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How to remove or change a Medical Power of Attorney.
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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How to disinherit someone.
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Can you leave your dog your entire estate?
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Living trusts and nursing homes.
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Can you dictate marriage decisions through your trust?
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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How often should you update your estate plan?
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Inherited real estate and the mortgage - what to do.
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Death of spouse and your mortgage - what to do.
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Feb 01, 2025 |
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What happens if you die without a Will?
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Beneficiary designations and avoiding probate.
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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Reverse mortgage and death - what to do.
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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An estate planning attorney on why you shouldn't use an estate planning attorney.
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Taxes an executor is in charge of paying.
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Offsetting income tax from an inherited IRA.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Common gift tax inheritance problem and how to avoid it.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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When it's okay to not get a Will.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Annual fees and maintenance on a revocable living trust.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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Do you need to probate on manufactured homes?
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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When does the 10 year clock on an inherited IRA start?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Penalty for failing to file a Will on time.
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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How to fund a revocable living trust.
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Real estate taxes from transfer on death deed inheritance.
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Estate planning when you have no money.
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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A time when your Executor can be lazy.
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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How to make a Will on a napkin.
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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If this happens, the Will doesn't matter.
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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A Will won't cut it for blended families.
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Inherited real estate with multiple liens - what to do.
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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In probates there's usually no secrets.
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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The one time it is impossible to avoid probate.
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Transfer on Death Deeds Happen Instantly Upon Death.
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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You're Not the Executor Until Probate is Open.
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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How Loving Your Spouse Can Help Qualify for Medicaid.
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Stop paying bills when someone dies.
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Did you know there are electronic Wills in WA?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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How to Unintentionally Wreck Your Child's Inheritance.
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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What to do when Inherited Real Estate is Paid Off.
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Joint Tenants vs Tenants in Common.
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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How do you trigger a transfer on death deed?
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Thank you for 10,000 subscribers!
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Instructions instead of a Will is the worst thing you could do.
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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True Story - Another Reason Not to Put Family on Your Bank Account
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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What Rights to Future Beneficiaries Have?
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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How Young Children Can Help Qualify for Medicaid
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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A Time to NEVER Use Transfer on Death Deeds
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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How Lack of Knowledge Can Help Qualify for Medicaid
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Why do companies take life insurance policies out on their employees?
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Revocable living trusts do not give you asset protection.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Does a Will get filed before or after death?
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Can you appoint non-US resident guardians for your kids?
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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How to deal with crazy people in probate - a story.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Forming an LLC? Get an Attorney!
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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How to Tell if Your U.S. Estate Plan will Work Abroad.
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Future Beneficiary and Trust Visibility
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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You're Not the Executor Until this Happens (even with a Will).
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Do gift receivers pay income tax?
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Can a beneficiary see a Will or Trust before the creator dies?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Executors are not required to give you a copy of the Will.
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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Tax consequences of giving too much in 2024.
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Warning! Trust + s-corp can equal trouble.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Income tax exemptions only work while you are alive.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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ILIT - trust first or life insurance first?
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Can you redo an irrevocable trust?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Real estate and death of spouse - probate required?
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Do you have to use inheritance as directed?
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Is the executor required to give you a copy of the Will?
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Inherited real estate and mortgage rules.
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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When is the Right Time to Create an Irrevocable Trust?
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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How to get a Copy of a Will After Someone Dies.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Do You Need Estate Planning If You have No Assets?
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Oct 12, 2024 |
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Why do Health Care Directives Exist?
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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How Business Owners Create a Power of Attorney.
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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An Example of How NOT to Draft a Will
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Your Probate Questions Answered - Grandma's Farm.
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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The best place to store your estate plan.
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Can the Executor just Kick You Out of Your House?
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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An Important Consideration if Creating a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust.
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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How to Get Cash in a Probate with Only Real Estate.
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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You do not have to give someone $1 to disinherit them.
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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How Does a Will Work?
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Can You Add or Delete Beneficiaries from an Irrevocable Trust?
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Estate planning and AI don't compute - yet.
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The best way to keep your home safe from a Medicaid lien.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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What does a guardian ad litem do in a probate?
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Do not let your estate planning attorney keep your original docs.
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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A revocable trust always travels with a will.
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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What to do if your estate planning attorney retires.
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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The best first irrevocable trust to create for estate tax avoidance.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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What do drug dealers, adult website owners, and the ultra-wealthy have in common?
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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What happens to a car lease when someone dies?
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Sep 14, 2024 |
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What is a foreign will?
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Two things you need to know to create an estate plan.
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Who pays estate taxes owed by an estate?
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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QPRTs - qualified personal residence trusts - what you need to know.
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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What to do when trustor dies.
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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How to redo your trust without starting over.
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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How does the gift tax work?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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How to pick a great Trustee.
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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How much maintenance is required for a revocable living trust?
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Gift taxes explained.
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Estate planning with an ex-spouse - what NOT to do.
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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What is a self-settled irrevocable trust?
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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How to change an irrevocable trust - yes it's possible.
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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How to keep random people from claiming they're your kids for inheritance.
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Real estate upgrades when the first spouse dies.
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Estate planning with an ex-spouse. An example of what not to do.
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Retirement account beneficiary must-dos.
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Do you even need a trust?
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Beneficiary designations and pension plans.
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Trust assets and taxes explained.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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What does a revocable living trust do?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Probate alternatives.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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How to pick a great Trustee.
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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How to keep your house in the family FOREVER.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Beneficiary designation vs. Trust - here's who wins.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Trust assets and taxes explained.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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How to get access to a dead person's email.
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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How to set up a trust for a blended family.
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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How to transfer an inherited IRA to your own IRA.
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Should you worry about the government taking all of your property when you die?
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Should you put rental properties in separate LLCs and separate trusts?
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Estate planning attorney hiring guide.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Divorcing? You MUST update your estate plan.
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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What to do if your estate planning attorney retires.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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House in Trust: When Does the Step-Up Occur?
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Why Probate Sucks and How to Avoid It
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Inherited retirement accounts? Here's what you need to know!
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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A Trust is Not Always the Best Place to Put a House
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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What to do if an attorney says they are too busy.
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May 31, 2024 |
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Probate strategy when there's no family left.
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May 30, 2024 |
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What is a self-settled irrevocable trust?
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May 29, 2024 |
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Tax assessment for real estate valuation is BAD.
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May 28, 2024 |
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Person dies - Someone living in the house How to get them out.
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May 27, 2024 |
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Trust on a trust on trust is usually not a good idea.
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May 24, 2024 |
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Here's who pays irrevocable trust tax income.
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May 23, 2024 |
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3 common trust distributions provisions.
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May 22, 2024 |
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What happens to your house when the first spouse dies?
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May 21, 2024 |
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Calculating the tax basis of real estate when you combine gift and sale.
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May 20, 2024 |
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Divorce - when you should update your estate plan.
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May 17, 2024 |
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Gift to spouse - is there a tax on that?
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May 16, 2024 |
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Here's how to sell a property in a revocable trust.
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May 15, 2024 |
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What happens to real estate - and the mortgage - when the first spouse dies?
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May 14, 2024 |
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Why do legal documents cost so much - a story.
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May 13, 2024 |
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Your kids probably won't spend your money wisely.
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May 10, 2024 |
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Is a dynasty trust an irrevocable trust?
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May 09, 2024 |
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How to get Will if old lawyer has it.
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May 08, 2024 |
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Blended family - hope your step-parent doesn't die last.
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May 06, 2024 |
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Does moving your house into your trust increase insurance?
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May 03, 2024 |
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How many trusts are you allowed to have
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May 02, 2024 |
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In estate planning don't look too far ahead.
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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How to transfer assets outside the United States.
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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How long does it take to get paid in a probate?
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Divorce - the perfect time - and wrong time - to update your estate plan.
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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How is separate property divided in probate?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Don't look to far ahead when estate planning.
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Do we have notaries at the firm?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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HOR - Why is a trust better than an LLC for real estate distributions?
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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When dealing with a split family, is probate inevitable?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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HOR - 2026 estate tax reversion explained.
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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What to do when family members steal after death?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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What is the best way to leave your house to your kids when it's paid off?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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What happens if you name Donald Trump as your executor?
|
Apr 19, 2024 |
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Trust question - what is the merger doctrine?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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How to sell a house with a mortgage on it.
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Trust question - what happens to trust property after you die?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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How do LLCs give you asset protection?
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Trust question - put both spouses' names on it or just one?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Take care of your parents without messing up medicaid.
|
Apr 16, 2024 |
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Can you take real estate out of a revocable living trust?
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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The end of anonymous LLCs in 2024!
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Should you update your estate plan when you get divorced?
|
Apr 12, 2024 |
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Death - inheritance - rise from the dead - what happens?
|
Apr 12, 2024 |
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Gift tax rules for spouses.
|
Apr 11, 2024 |
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Creative idea for an anonymous LLC.
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Is Trust income taxed to trust or beneficiary?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Beneficiary of a beneficiary, a good will witness?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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What if you sue someone and they die?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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How long does a trust last?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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How to transfer a business without having to go through probate.
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Who picks the trustees of a trust?
|
Apr 05, 2024 |
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When estate planning, remember you cannot predict the future.
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Apr 04, 2024 |
|
How long can a house stay in a trust?
|
Apr 04, 2024 |
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Do overseas gifts have to pay gift tax?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Estate planning for children with disabilities.
|
Apr 03, 2024 |
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Do you need a pourover will with a living trust?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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HOR - Don't look to far ahead when estate planning.
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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How to put a house into a trust.
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Divorce - the perfect time - and wrong time - to update your estate plan.
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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The hard way to give a house to 3 people.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Where did the $12.92 million estate tax exemption amount come from?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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The best way to give a house to 3 people.
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Estate planning horror story #2?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Real estate is 50-50 if community property even if not in your name.
|
Mar 27, 2024 |
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Can you disinherit someone by giving them $1?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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How probate attorneys get paid.
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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HOR - Why is a trust better than an LLC for real estate distributions?
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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House into trust - here's one thing you should do.
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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What if you can't find the original will?
|
Mar 25, 2024 |
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Another reason I hate community property agreements.
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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What happens if you get an inheritance while giver is still alive?
|
Mar 22, 2024 |
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Can you record a transfer on death deed after death?
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Probate alternatives.
|
Mar 21, 2024 |
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Beneficiary designations trump your Will.
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Cousins witnessed Will. Is it valid?
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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What do you need to do to create a revocable trust?
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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When a bad Will doesn't matter.
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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What deed is needed to transfer to an irrevocable trust?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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How to get an old dead person off of a property.
|
Mar 15, 2024 |
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How do you remove a deceased spouse from real estate?
|
Mar 15, 2024 |
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How an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) works.
|
Mar 14, 2024 |
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Dead spouse. Income tax. Mortgage.
|
Mar 13, 2024 |
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Specificity in your estate plan is REALLY important.
|
Mar 13, 2024 |
|
Can you put your house into an irrevocable trust?
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
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HOR - 2026 estate tax reversion explained.
|
Mar 12, 2024 |
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How long does it take to create a revocable trust?
|
Mar 11, 2024 |
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All the possible ways to avoid probate.
|
Mar 11, 2024 |
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Why I hate Community Property Agreements.
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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3 things I hate about Community Property Agreements.
|
Mar 08, 2024 |
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When a bad Will doesn't matter.
|
Mar 07, 2024 |
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Is a deed that's not recorded valid?
|
Mar 06, 2024 |
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The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Here's how to use a Medicaid Trust well.
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
What happens if you name Donald Trump as your executor?
|
Mar 05, 2024 |
|
Death and reverse mortgages explained.
|
Mar 04, 2024 |
|
How to sell a house with a mortgage on it.
|
Mar 04, 2024 |
|
How do LLCs give you asset protection?
|
Mar 01, 2024 |
|
Take care of your parents without messing up medicaid.
|
Feb 29, 2024 |
|
Do you have to pay capital gains tax on a transfer on a death deed?
|
Feb 28, 2024 |
|
The end of anonymous LLCs in 2024!
|
Feb 28, 2024 |
|
How does a house transfer after death with a mortgage on it?
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
Death - inheritance - rise from the dead - what happens?
|
Feb 27, 2024 |
|
How do you transfer property when multiple generations have died?
|
Feb 26, 2024 |
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Creative idea for an anonymous LLC.
|
Feb 26, 2024 |
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How do you cancel a life insurance policy someone takes out on you?
|
Feb 23, 2024 |
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Beneficiary of a beneficiary, a good will witness?
|
Feb 23, 2024 |
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What to do if the Executor dies before probate is over?
|
Feb 22, 2024 |
|
What if you sue someone and they die?
|
Feb 22, 2024 |
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Is a revocable trust still revocable after grantor dies?
|
Feb 21, 2024 |
|
How long does a trust last?
|
Feb 21, 2024 |
|
Who gets an inheritance if an heir dies before the decedent?
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
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Who picks the trustees of a trust?
|
Feb 20, 2024 |
|
Should the executor be the one to start probate?
|
Feb 19, 2024 |
|
How long can a house stay in a trust?
|
Feb 19, 2024 |
|
Who can start a probate?
|
Feb 16, 2024 |
|
Estate planning for children with disabilities.
|
Feb 16, 2024 |
|
Where to store your revocable living trust.
|
Feb 15, 2024 |
|
Where did the $12.92 million estate tax exemption amount come from?
|
Feb 15, 2024 |
|
Your estate planning ideas will not save you.
|
Feb 14, 2024 |
|
Estate planning horror story #2?
|
Feb 14, 2024 |
|
How do you handle fraudulent real estate transactions?
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.
|
Feb 13, 2024 |
|
How I organize LLCs with multiple rental properties.
|
Feb 12, 2024 |
|
Can you disinherit someone by giving them $1?
|
Feb 12, 2024 |
|
Is it normal for probate to last 3 years?
|
Feb 09, 2024 |
|
What if you can't find the original will?
|
Feb 09, 2024 |
|
Is there annual maintenance when you have a trust?
|
Feb 08, 2024 |
|
What happens if you get an inheritance while giver is still alive?
|
Feb 08, 2024 |
|
Why am I talking so fast all the time?
|
Feb 07, 2024 |
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Probate alternatives.
|
Feb 07, 2024 |
|
When a parent dies with real estate, is probate required?
|
Feb 06, 2024 |
|
Where I go for legal advice.
|
Feb 05, 2024 |
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How to get Will if old lawyer has it.
|
Feb 05, 2024 |
|
Estate tax 101.
|
Feb 02, 2024 |
|
Cousins witnessed Will. Is it valid?
|
Feb 02, 2024 |
|
What if forgot to record the transfer on death deed?
|
Feb 01, 2024 |
|
What do you need to do to create a revocable trust?
|
Feb 01, 2024 |
|
Real estate is 50-50 if community property even if not in your name.
|
Jan 31, 2024 |
|
What deed is needed to transfer to an irrevocable trust?
|
Jan 31, 2024 |
|
How probate attorneys get paid.
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
How an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) works.
|
Jan 30, 2024 |
|
Estate Planning Horror Story #1.
|
Jan 29, 2024 |
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What happens if you name Donald Trump as your executor?
|
Jan 29, 2024 |
|
When is creative asset protection a good idea?
|
Jan 26, 2024 |
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Specificity in your estate plan is REALLY important.
|
Jan 26, 2024 |
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How to back out of a real estate deal.
|
Jan 25, 2024 |
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All the possible ways to avoid probate.
|
Jan 25, 2024 |
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How to keep your estate plan private.
|
Jan 24, 2024 |
|
What happens if you get an inheritance while giver is still alive?
|
Jan 24, 2024 |
|
How do you transfer property when multiple generations have died?
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
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3 things I hate about Community Property Agreements.
|
Jan 23, 2024 |
|
When you give a house to someone do the contents go too?
|
Jan 22, 2024 |
|
How to sell a house with a mortgage on it.
|
Jan 22, 2024 |
|
When you gift, are capital gains taxes due?
|
Jan 19, 2024 |
|
How do LLCs give you asset protection?
|
Jan 19, 2024 |
|
Take care of your parents without messing up medicaid.
|
Jan 18, 2024 |
|
Huge mistakes kids make helping elderly parents.
|
Jan 17, 2024 |
|
The end of anonymous LLCs in 2024!
|
Jan 17, 2024 |
|
What fee does the executor get in a probate?
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
Death - inheritance - rise from the dead - what happens?
|
Jan 16, 2024 |
|
Can the executor distribute assets any way they want?
|
Jan 15, 2024 |
|
Creative idea for an anonymous LLC.
|
Jan 15, 2024 |
|
Divorce and revocable trusts - what happens?
|
Jan 12, 2024 |
|
Beneficiary of a beneficiary, a good will witness?
|
Jan 12, 2024 |
|
Home + mortgage + LLC new rules.
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
|
What if you sue someone and they die?
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
|
If you need to update your estate plan DO NOT do this.
|
Jan 10, 2024 |
|
How long does a trust last?
|
Jan 10, 2024 |
|
What if your parents are incapable of managing their money?
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
Who picks the trustees of a trust?
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
Deed recording gone wrong!
|
Jan 09, 2024 |
|
How long can a house stay in a trust?
|
Jan 08, 2024 |
|
Transfer on death deed to an irrevocable trust?
|
Jan 05, 2024 |
|
Estate planning for children with disabilities.
|
Jan 05, 2024 |
|
What if your parents are bad with money?
|
Jan 04, 2024 |
|
Where did the $12.92 million estate tax exemption amount come from?
|
Jan 04, 2024 |
|
Does power of attorney give power now?
|
Jan 03, 2024 |
|
Estate planning horror story #2?
|
Jan 03, 2024 |
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When is creative asset protection a good idea?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Can you disinherit someone by giving them $1?
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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What if you can't find the original will?
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Probate alternatives.
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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How to keep random people from claiming they're your kids for inheritance.
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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How to get Will if old lawyer has it.
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Cousins witnessed Will. Is it valid?
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Client Profile #181 - Married - Adult kids - Trust.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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What do you need to do to create a revocable trust?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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What deed is needed to transfer to an irrevocable trust?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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How do you remove a deceased spouse from real estate?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) works.
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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When do you have to pay capital gains tax?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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What if forget to record the transfer on death deed?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Client Profile #180 | Married with minor kids - adding a trust.
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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How to keep your estate plan private.
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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How to back out of a real estate deal.
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Do you have to pay capital gains when you put a house in a trust?
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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What do you do with a revocable trust after the grantor dies?
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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What to do if you are listed in a Will but haven't been contacted?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Client profile #179 - Single | Revocable Trust - Keep it in the family.
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Here's why parents need estate plans.
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Estate planning is a lot like wearing a seatbelt.
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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When you give a house to someone do the contents go too?
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Can you have a separate revocable trust for each of your rental homes?
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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PSA from Sheriff Chris.
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Client Profile #178 | Married - No Kids - Pets - Charity.
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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You don't need creative asset protection.
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Am I the owner of a rental house that I put into an LLC and then into a revocable trust?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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What is the purpose of a generation skipping trust?
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Specificity in your estate plan is REALLY important.
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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What to do when a sick spouse is racking up huge medical bills?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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I need your feedback!
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Client Profile #177 | Keeping things in the family.
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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How to open a probate when both executors die.
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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If you put your kid on your property you're giving up TREMENDOUS tax savings.
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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What does a Power of Attorney do?
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Should you ever say no to being the executor of an estate?
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Inherited property will not always go to your spouse.
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Do you need an attorney to do probate?
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Do you need a tax return form in this circumstance?
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Estate Planning Client Profile #175 | Married couple with minor children.
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Community property vs joint tenants vs tenants in common.
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Can you put stuff in a trust before it exists?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Can the successor trustee be a beneficiary under the trust?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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How long does it take to get paid in a probate?
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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How is separate property divided in probate?
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Estate Planning Client Profile #174 - Single - Widowed - Adult Kids.
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Do we have notaries at the firm?
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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When dealing with a split family, is probate inevitable?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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What to do when family members steal after death?
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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What is the best way to leave your house to your kids when it's paid off?
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Trust question - what is the merger doctrine?
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Trust question - what happens to trust property after you die?
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Trust question - put both spouses' names on it or just one?
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Real estate gifting questions answered.
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Real estate - what happens if property owners can't agree to sell or not?
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Probate question - what happens when you give up your parental rights?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Estate tax 101.
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Being married does NOT mean you don't need a power of attorney.
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Will adding a kid to a deed trigger the due on sale clause?
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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When you move your house into a trust, do you have to note a sale?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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What is filial responsibility and should you be worried about it?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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What happens to student loans when you die?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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What happens if a will becomes null and void?
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Is a will valid if made before marriage?
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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How to handle a rogue Trustee.
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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How do you keep them from claiming omitted spouse?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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How do you find out if there was a will?
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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How do beneficiaries find out they are part of a trust?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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What happens if you sell something in a revocable living trust?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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What happens when there are minors in probate?
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Trust first or LLC first - does it matter?
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Stopping putting your kids on your real estate.
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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How long do you have to contest a will?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Are there any required actions when you receive an inheritance?
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Where I go for legal advice.
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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When a parent dies with real estate, is probate required?
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Why am I talking so fast all the time?
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Is there annual maintenance when you have a trust?
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Is it normal for probate to last 3 years?
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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How I organize LLCs with multiple rental properties.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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How do you handle fraudulent real estate transactions?
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Your estate planning ideas will not save you.
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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We are always looking for people to join the team!
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Stop getting mad at people for spending their own money.
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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How to qualify for Medicaid if you're already in a nursing home.
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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What if the executor doesn't create an inventory?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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All the possible ways to avoid probate.
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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What happens if you sell a home in a revocable living trust?
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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The hard way to give a house to 3 people.
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The best way to give a house to 3 people.
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Real estate is 50-50 if community property even if not in your name.
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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How probate attorneys get paid.
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Another reason I hate community property agreements.
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Can you record a transfer on death deed after death?
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Beneficiary designations trump your Will.
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Why I hate Community Property Agreements.
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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When a bad Will doesn't matter.
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Is a deed that's not recorded valid?
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Here's how to use a Medicaid Trust well.
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Death and reverse mortgages explained.
|
Aug 27, 2023 |
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Congratulations Maria!
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Do you have to pay capital gains tax on a transfer on a death deed?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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How does a house transfer after death with a mortgage on it?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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3 things I hate about Community Property Agreements.
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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How do you transfer property when multiple generations have died?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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How do you contest a pay on death bank account?
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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The executor of a Will can't just do whatever they want.
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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What happens with real estate and old deaths?
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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What happens when a newlywed dies?
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Aug 19, 2023 |
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What do you do when people are stealing from an estate?
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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How do you cancel a life insurance policy someone takes out on you?
|
Aug 17, 2023 |
|
What does a Power of Attorney do?
|
Aug 16, 2023 |
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What to do if the Executor dies before probate is over?
|
Aug 16, 2023 |
|
How are assets split in a common-law marriage?
|
Aug 04, 2023 |
|
For estate planning success, do step one first.
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Probate Notice Rules i.e. 'Who you have to tell about probate'.
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Does WA State Assault Rifle Ban change estate planning?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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What to do with bills after someone dies?
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Cutting your spouse out of your estate? Remember this!
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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One thing NOT to ask your estate planning attorney to do.
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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If married with separate bank accounts, PAY ATTENTION!!!
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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What to do if you can't afford an attorney for probate?
|
Jul 21, 2023 |
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Do you need probate for a joint bank account?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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A revocable living trust does NOT provide asset protection.
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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What is in a basic estate plan?
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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A random reason to have a revocable trust.
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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What happens if not married, with kids, and dying without a will?
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Can you put a house into a special needs trust?
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Estate planning and inherited IRAs.
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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What to do if you think the will is fake?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Three reasons you need a revocable living trust.
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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What to do if executor doesn't report all assets?
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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What happens if the trustee resigns?
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The one time to divorce even if you're in love.
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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The best way to take care of kids with disabilities.
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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How to save money if huge medical bills comieup?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Does a revocable living trust give you asset protection?
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Who manages trust assets and distribution?
|
Jul 04, 2023 |
|
what type of insurance should you get for your house?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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How to find out if someone had a will?
|
Jun 29, 2023 |
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The wrong time to create your estate plan.
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Should you get an estate planning lawyer in your state?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift moved her house into a trust - should I?
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Should you pay a decedent's medical bills?
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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What happens if only one spouse is on real estate deed?
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Capital gains tax with a personal residence in an LLC - an example.
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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What happens if you die without a will?
|
Jun 20, 2023 |
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Do-it-yourself estate planning is a BAD idea.
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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How do I challenge a trust?
|
Jun 19, 2023 |
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How close to death can you change your will?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Should you pay a decedents medical bills?
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Can you probate a bank account with a second account holder?
|
Jun 14, 2023 |
|
Estate taxes explained in 3 minutes or less.
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
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How do you contest a will?
|
Jun 13, 2023 |
|
What are probate vs non-probate assets?
|
Jun 12, 2023 |
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Can the widow change an irrevocable trust?
|
Jun 09, 2023 |
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What to do if the attorney charges more than agreed to?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
|
What is a Roth 401k?
|
Jun 07, 2023 |
|
What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
What if the trustee is not doing the work?
|
Jun 06, 2023 |
|
Who is in charge of trust management and distribution?
|
Jun 05, 2023 |
|
The first thing to do when someone dies.
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Probate isn't always the answer.
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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How to avoid probate and taxes if someone has already died?
|
May 31, 2023 |
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The worst beneficiary designation for retirement accounts.
|
May 30, 2023 |
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How to keep your estate plan private?
|
May 30, 2023 |
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The executor of a will doesn't have any power - at first.
|
May 29, 2023 |
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I Need Your Help - Is this a Good Marketing Idea?
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May 26, 2023 |
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Can a husband sign a quit claim deed to his wife?
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May 25, 2023 |
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How to find a good attorney?
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May 24, 2023 |
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The right way to leave money to your kids when you die.
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May 23, 2023 |
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How to give your house to your kids with no tax?
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May 23, 2023 |
|
Income taxes and irrevocable trusts
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May 22, 2023 |
|
Your plan is not the place to create a legacy.
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May 19, 2023 |
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Who can be a witness on a will?
|
May 18, 2023 |
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What do you do if there are no assets in an estate and bills to pay?
|
May 17, 2023 |
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What to do if an executor can't find the will and you think they are lying?
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May 16, 2023 |
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Can you make trustees vote on things?
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May 15, 2023 |
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What's the best way to transfer crypto after you die.
|
May 12, 2023 |
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Non-resident alien estate tax rules.
|
May 11, 2023 |
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How do you get the original trust document?
|
May 10, 2023 |
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What to do if someone changes their estate plan right before they die?
|
May 09, 2023 |
|
No step-up in basis in a Roth IRA.
|
May 08, 2023 |
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Are trustees liable for their decisions?
|
May 05, 2023 |
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What happens if you inherit a house with a mortgage?
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May 04, 2023 |
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Can you contest a will if it's just a draft?
|
May 03, 2023 |
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Can a private trust company provide privacy for your trust?
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May 02, 2023 |
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What do you do if an heir dies shortly after the decedent is in probate?
|
May 01, 2023 |
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What if you find a creditor bill in probate after probate is closed?
|
Apr 28, 2023 |
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How I handle a non-responsive executor.
|
Apr 27, 2023 |
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You've got gift taxes all wrong.
|
Apr 26, 2023 |
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Traveling without kids and estate planning.
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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What is a beneficial interest clause in a will?
|
Apr 25, 2023 |
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Your retirement accounts are only half yours.
|
Apr 24, 2023 |
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Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 3
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 2
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 1
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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People do NOT have to follow your will.
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Best trust distribution schedule.
|
Apr 18, 2023 |
|
What does it mean to have a clean title?
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Your kids are not going to do what you want.
|
Apr 14, 2023 |
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Should you move your rental house into an LLC?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Alternatives to putting rental house into an LLC.
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Never put your personal residence into an LLC.
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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No testamentary trusts for minor children.
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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The state does not get your property under any circumstance.
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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An estate plan 99 percent of the way done is 0 percent of the way done.
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Can the bank call the loan if you put your house in a trust?
|
Apr 06, 2023 |
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You are not going to lose your house by putting it into a revocable trust.
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Apr 05, 2023 |
|
How to leave one house to many people without causing problems?
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
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Spouse dies and is on the deed - What should you do?
|
Apr 04, 2023 |
|
If you do nothing else with estate planning do this.
|
Apr 03, 2023 |
|
Leaving money to friends or family for your kids is a terrible idea.
|
Mar 31, 2023 |
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How to avoid capital gains tax?
|
Mar 24, 2023 |
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The wrong way to make estate plan changes.
|
Mar 23, 2023 |
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Should you put your car in your revocable trust?
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The perfect trust distribution schedule for kids.
|
Mar 21, 2023 |
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Should you include foreign property in your US estate plan?
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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Tax rules for inherited 401Ks.
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The perfect kid trust distribution schedule.
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Are you in a community property state? Did your marriage end? Here's a sneaky tip to escape sharing
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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What do revocable living trusts provide?
|
Mar 15, 2023 |
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Just because they say you need probate doesn't mean you need. Here are some sneaky tips.
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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There is no such thing as right or wrong in estate planning.
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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The downside of medicaid trusts.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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If your estate planning attorney suggests anything that requires probate, they're taking your money
|
Mar 02, 2023 |
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What is probate? Why do people hate it? All of your answers here!
|
Mar 01, 2023 |
|
What is in a foundational estate plan?
|
Mar 01, 2023 |
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How to find a dead person's social security number
|
Feb 24, 2023 |
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In estate planning, fairness doesn't exist. It's your money, your life, and you should give your mon
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#359 3 ways to contest a will or trust
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Estate Planning 101 - Generation Skipping Transfer
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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A ninja way to create generational wealth.
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Don't Add Your Kids Onto Your Bank Account for Estate Planning
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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How do you find a dead persons social security number?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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How to REALLY get privacy out of your trust.
|
Feb 16, 2023 |
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What is spindrift clause?
|
Feb 16, 2023 |
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Why does a trust need a name?
|
Feb 15, 2023 |
|
Domestic asset protection trusts are worthless.
|
Feb 13, 2023 |
|
How trusts are taxed.
|
Feb 10, 2023 |
|
Revocable living trust does NOT provide asset protection.
|
Feb 09, 2023 |
|
Probate isn't always the answer.
|
Feb 08, 2023 |
|
Paying gift taxes is hard.
|
Feb 07, 2023 |
|
Estate planning and inherited IRAs.
|
Feb 03, 2023 |
|
There is no step up in basis on an IRA when you die.
|
Feb 01, 2023 |
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Easy way to find out if your estate planning attorney sucks.
|
Feb 01, 2023 |
|
How to double state tax exemption in Washington.
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Jan 25, 2023 |
|
Easiest way to mess up your estate plan.
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Jan 24, 2023 |
|
In estate planning there is no right or wrong.
|
Jan 23, 2023 |
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What is a spendthrift clause?
|
Jan 19, 2023 |
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#505 | Estate planning with a blended family.
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#504 | Estate planning when you have a new kid.
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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#503 | 3 ways to contest a will.
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#502 | Long or short?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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#501 | The truth about estate planning.
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#500 | When should parents include kids in estate plan?
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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#499 | Why does a trust need a name?
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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#498 | Domestic asset protection trusts are worthless.
|
Dec 21, 2022 |
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#497 | How to run your biz in an irrevocable trust.
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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#496 | How trusts are taxed.
|
Dec 19, 2022 |
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#495 | When to create an irrevocable trust for a 4 year old.
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#494 | What if someone dies with low assets and high debt?
|
Dec 14, 2022 |
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#493 | The choice is yours in estate planning and in LIFE.
|
Dec 13, 2022 |
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#492 | How to REALLY get privacy out of your trust.
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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#491 | Why do I wear a suit?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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#490 | A sneaky way to pay estate taxes with life insurance.
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#489 | How to cut people out of your will.
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#488 | Estate planning when kid wants a house but cant afford it.
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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#487 | Why does a trust even need a name.
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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#486 | There is no step up in basis on an IRA when you die.
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#485 | Easy way to find out if your estate planning attorney sucks.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#484 | How trusts are taxed.
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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#482 | Why a will always goes with a trust.
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#481 | What should you name your revocable trust?
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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#480 | What is an irrevocable asset protection trust?
|
Nov 21, 2022 |
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#479 | More fun IRA death facts.
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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$479 | dynasty trust vs generation skipping trust
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#478 | How to give one house to many people when you die.
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#477 | Huge revocable living trust mistakes.
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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#476 | Huge revocable living trust mistakes.
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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#475 | If you have a trust why do you need a will?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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#474 | Rental properties and LLC.
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#473 | How to fix a messed up probate.
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#472 | You're not paying for the docs.
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#471 | Who watched the trustee.
|
Nov 07, 2022 |
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#470 | Another reason to have a will.
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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#469 | What is a gun trust?
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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#468 | Don't name your kids trustee of your trust.
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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#467 | Generation skipping trust vs dynasty trust.
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
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#466 | Do you have to pay your deceased spouse's credit card bill?
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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#465 | Estate planning for business owners 101.
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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#464 | Who pays debts after death.
|
Oct 27, 2022 |
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#463 | Who pays debts after death.
|
Oct 26, 2022 |
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#462 | Property transfer nightmare
|
Oct 25, 2022 |
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#461 | Copies of your will are useless - mostly.
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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#460 | Probate gone wrong
|
Oct 21, 2022 |
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#459 |Infinite banking is GOOD.
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#558 |Just because you're name executor doesn't mean you are in charge.
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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#457 |How to save thousands on estate tax by giving just a little. . . . .
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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#457 |Why are you waiting to do your estate plan?
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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#456 |Income tax and your revocable tax trust.
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#361 Dont put your real estate in other peoples names
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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#360 If you pay your estate planning attorney by the hour you're a a sucker.
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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#359 Divorce + Estate planning
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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#358 Three reasons to have a prenup.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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#357 Estate planning and divorce.
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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#356 Should rich people have to pay estate taxes?
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#355 What is a gun trust?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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#354 Queen Elizabeth plays the game!
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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#353 Traveling without kids worry free.
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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#352 Even attorneys use attorneys.
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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#351 Estate planning with foreign property.
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#350 When do you have to pay gift tax?
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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#349 Revocable living trust maintenance
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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#348 5 Estate Planning Attorney Red Flags
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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#347 Estate tax vs capital gains tax
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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#346 What estate plan do estate planning attorneys have?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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#345 Estate planning if you are a green card holder
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#344 Today's estate planning PSA.
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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#343 How LLCs and Trusts work together
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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#342 Do you need an attorney to make a Will?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#341 What is in a basic estate plan and why is it important?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#340 What Does a Will Do?
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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#339 Why is estate planning so hard to get done?
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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#338 What is a general power of appointment?
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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#337 Do you love your kids? A quiz.
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#337 5 estate planning attorney red flags
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#336 Estate planning 101 - quick and dirty.
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#334 Probate is easy (not)
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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#333 3 elements of a valid will
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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#332 What is a Qtip trust?
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#331 What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#330 Can the bank enforce due on sale clause for an inherited property?
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#329 How to transfer real estate with no probate, no trust, and no tax
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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#328 Why avoid probate.
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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#327 What is estate planning?
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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#326 20% tax or 40% tax?
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#325 Downsides of a SLAT
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#324 What is a SLAT
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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#323 What to do if your probate executor is behaving badly
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#322 How to avoid probate WITHOUT a trust
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#321 The WORST place to store your estate plan
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#320 How to create sub-trusts
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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#319 3 reasons to have a revocable living trust
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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#318 Limitation of a will
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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#317 The WRONG way to update your estate plan.
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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#316 Fancy estate planning binders are a distraction.
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May 27, 2022 |
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#315 Do you need a business power of attorney?
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May 25, 2022 |
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#314 Estate Taxes Explained (again)
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May 11, 2022 |
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#313 Alternative to probate to transfer real estate
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May 06, 2022 |
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#312 How to avoid probate with real estate
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May 03, 2022 |
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#311 What is portability?
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#310 How to transfer NFTs to heirs
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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#309 How much asset protection do you need?
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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#308 The biggest creditor your estate will face
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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#307 Who gets to see a will?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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#306 How long do your estate planning docs last?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#305 What is a dynasty trust?
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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#304 Estate planning document storage tips.
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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#303 Don't give your house to your kids to beat Medicaid
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#302 Why I'm rethinking my stance on medicaid trusts.
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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#301 How much should you pay your executor and/or trustee?
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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#300 Don't give money to people for the benefit of other people
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#299 5 signs your estate planning attorney is no good
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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#298 WA State Estate tax change that MATTERS
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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#297 The 2 limitations of a will
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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#296 Do I need a testamentary trust?
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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#295 Your trust doesn't own anything
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#294 Estate planning and divorce
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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#293 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust - GRAT - Explained
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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#292 How to gift to reduce estate taxes
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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#291 Why are revocable living trusts so long?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#290 3 reasons not to leave your kids an inheritance
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#289 Credit Shelter Trust in Pictures
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#288 Welcome to 2022!
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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#287 How to Fund a Testamentary Trust
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#286 Another IRA + Estate Tax Strategy
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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#285 How to stretch an IRA with a charitable remainder trust
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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#284 What is the Unlimted Marital Deduction?
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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#283 Real estate in trust - how to sell or refi.
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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#283 Real estate in trust - how to sell or refi.
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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#282 Estate Taxes and the Unlimited Marital Deduction.
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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#281 Foreign Assets and US Estate Planning.
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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#280 What is a QTIP Trust and Can It Help With Estate Taxes?
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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#279 Update on Biden's Proposed Estate Tax Law Changes
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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#278 How to Give Retirement Accounts to Charity the Right Way
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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#277 | What is a Ladybird Deed
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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#276 Trust Distributions Gone Wrong
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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#275 The Info Source Matters
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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#274 Business Succession Planning 101
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#273 Right Place Wrong Time
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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#272 How to Choose a Trustee
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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#271 Green Card Holders and Probate
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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#270 Avoid the Estate Planning Rabbit Hole
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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#269 How to Dispose of Old Estate Planning Docs
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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#268 Revocable Living Trust Maintenance Fees
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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#267 Life Insurance and Estate Taxes
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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#266 How Do You Close a Trust?
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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#265 Can You Put Extra Assets Into a Trust?
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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#264 Power of Attorney vs Executor
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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#263 Does Marriage Affect Estate Planning?
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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#262 Inheritances and Taxes
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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#261 What Happens if You Die Without a Will
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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#260 How to Own Real Estate Anonymously
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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#259 Tax Implications of Gifting Real Estate
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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#258 Where Should I Store My Estate Plan
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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#257 Why Would a Single Person Want a Trust
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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#256 It's Not Your Money
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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#255 Gifting in Washington State.
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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#254 How Can You Be Sure the Trustee is Doing Their Job
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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#253 How Long do You have to Contest a Will
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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#252 Estate Planning for Non-Married Couples
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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#251 What if an Heir Dies While Probate Still Ongoing
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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#250 What is a Dynasty Trust?
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#249 Are Mutual Wills a Good Idea?
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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#248 | General Power of Appointment vs Limited Power of Appointment
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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#247 Can a Joint Account Holder Change a Pay on Death Designation?
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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#246 Do Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts Work Together?
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Jun 08, 2021 |
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#245 When Someone Dies do You HAVE to Liquidate Investments?
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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#244 Should You be Worried About Biden's Estate Tax Proposal?
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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#243 Hold Property in Joint Tenancy or Tenants in Common
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#242 What Happens with an IRA that goes through Probate?
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May 28, 2021 |
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#241 Is Do Not Resuscitate Part of Estate Planning?
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May 26, 2021 |
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#240 What Happens if No Beneficiary is on Your Account
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May 25, 2021 |
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#239 How Many Different Types of Irrevocable Trusts Are There
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May 21, 2021 |
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#238 Beneficiary Designations and Wills
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May 18, 2021 |
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#237 Don't Forget Sports Tickets and Points When Estate Planning
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May 14, 2021 |
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#236 Why are Trusts so Long
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May 11, 2021 |
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#235 Does Anyone Ever WANT a Probate?
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May 07, 2021 |
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#234 The WRONG Way to Update Your Estate Plan
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May 04, 2021 |
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#233 Is Trust Management Difficult?
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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#232 Are We Losing the Step-Up in Basis?
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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#231 Can the Probate Court Change Your Will
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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#230 You Don't Have to Stick with One Lawyer
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#229 When is an Estate Tax Return Required
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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#228 Do We HAVE to Follow the Will or Trust?
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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#227 How to Distribute Assets to Match Someone's Wishes
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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#226 Estate Planning and Cryptocurrency
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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#225 There is No Inheritance Tax in WA State
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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#224 Charitable Remainder Trusts Part 2 - CRAT Requirements
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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#223 Charitable Remainder Trusts Part 1
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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#222 Remember - Retirement Accounts are Joint Property
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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#221 Capital Gains Tax vs Estate Tax
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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#220 Easy Way to Lower and Create Liquid Assets for Estate Taxes
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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#219 Who is in Charge when You Vacation without the Kids
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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#218 Separate property and trust planning
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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#217 Asset Protection in a Nutshell
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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#216 How does a prenup effect estate planning?
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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#215 Do you really need a community property agreement
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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#214 Attorney Expectations
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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#213 Two types of Special needs trusts
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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#212 Do I Ever Need Two Trusts?
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#211 Why You Shouldn't Worry About Biden's Tax Proposals (yet)
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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#210 Why are Legal Services so Expensive?
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#209 Do I Need a Will When I Have a Trust
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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#208 Do Beneficiary Designations in Estate Planning Negate a Will?
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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#207 Revocable Living Trusts Explained
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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#206 Estate Planning 101
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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#205 Estate Planning with Real Estate with Multiple Heirs
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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#204 Do You Owe Excise Taxes on Real Estate Transfers to You Trust.
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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#203 Divorce and Estate Planning
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#202 |Why Revocable Living Trusts Do Not Provide Asset Protection
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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#201 | Will a Revocable Living Trust Mess Up My Refi
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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#203 | The best Christmas gift you can give
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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#202 | Three ways to contest a will or trust
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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#201 | Don't quitclaim deed your property to your kids
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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#200 | Banking and your revocable living trust
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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#199 | How estate planning can get complicated even when it seems simple
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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#198 | Zappos CEO Tony Hseih didn't have a will. Maybe he didn't need one
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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#197 | Reminder you are not the executor until the court appoints you
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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#196 | Estate planning and the "silent" real estate owner
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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#195 | What is a charitable remainder trust?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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#194 | How to approach complex estate planning
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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#193 | Marital Trust vs. Credit Shelter Trust
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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#192 | What to do when you have a bad day
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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#191 | When to Worry About Estate Tax Laws Changing
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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#190 | What MOST People Do For Estate Planning
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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#189 | How Many Estate Plan Backups Do I Need?
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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#188 | Does the Will Automatically Make You the Personal Representative?
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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#187 | "Probate Estate" and the Small Estate Affidavit
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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#186 | Probate - Do I Owe Inheritance Tax?
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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#185 | Spouse or Boyfriend Dies - Do You Need Probate?
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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#184 | Probate - Do Have to Follow the Will?
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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#183 | A Simple (but not easy) Way to Avoid WA State Estate Taxes
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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#182 | How to Gently Let Down Your Second Choice for Guardian of Your Children
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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#181 | Important Trust Funding Considerations
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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#180 | Do Blended Families Need a Trust
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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#179 | The Probate Process Explained
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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#178 | The Probate Process Explained
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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#177 | In Probate What Happens When There is No Will
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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#176 | How does trust administration work?
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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#175 | In probate, what happens if there is no will
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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#174 | How does the probate process work?
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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#173 | Do blended families NEED a trust?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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#172 | In Probate, What Are "Letters"?
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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#171 | Probate: what's it cost?
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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#170 | Probate - how much does it cost?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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#169 | In probate is the executor personally responsible for the debts of the estate?
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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#168 | When is probate REQUIRED?
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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#167 | What is probate?
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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#166 | I just bought/sold a house. Do I need to update my estate plan?.
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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#165 | Who can open a probate?
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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#164 | Do you need to update your will when you have another kid?
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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#163 | How are retirement accounts treated for non-spouses in estate planning?
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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#162 | Considerations for gifts to the elderly.
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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#161 | Can you name different people to different estate planning positions?
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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#160 | The first step when updating your estate plan.
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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#159 | Purchasing property when you have a trust.
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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#158 | Estate planning for police officers.
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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#157 | If you're going to be the Personal Representative prepare to do the work.
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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#156 | Do you need to update your will when you get married?
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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#155 | Beware the estate planning rabbit hole.
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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#154 | Does my revocable trust give me asset protection?
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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#153 | How to handle grumpy beneficiaries.
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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#152 | Should I try to replace my parent's power of attorney?
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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#151 | To build a sound house, start with the foundation.
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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#150 | The kind of legacy money can't buy.
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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#149 | What's the asset minimum for needing a trust?
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May 21, 2020 |
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#148 | How to give access to bank accounts.
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May 20, 2020 |
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#147 | Blended family estate planning considerations.
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May 19, 2020 |
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#146 | Estate planning stress test?.
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May 15, 2020 |
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#145 | Thinking of giving money to someone to take care of someone else? Think again.
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May 14, 2020 |
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#144 | What if you're named executor and you don't want to do it?
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May 12, 2020 |
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#143 | Why I don't like testamentary trusts (and what to do about it).
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May 11, 2020 |
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#142 | Can you create a will if you're under 18?
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May 08, 2020 |
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#141 | Passing down safety deposit boxes.
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May 06, 2020 |
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#140 | Tip for real estate in trusts.
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May 05, 2020 |
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#139 | Do you REALLY have to follow the trust?
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May 04, 2020 |
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#138 | What is a Crummey letter?.
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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#137 | The importance of structuring your bequests prudently.
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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#136 | Be careful of looking too far out when estate planning..
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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#135 | Is it ever too late to do estate planning?
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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#134 | The dangers of holding real estate in one person's name.
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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#133 | How often should you update your estate plan?
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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#132 | Can you handwrite changes on your will?
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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#131 | Business owners and estate planning - two considerations.
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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#130 | What is a step-up in basis (and why is it important in estate planning)?
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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#129 | What is the generation skipping tax?
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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#128 | Don't forget the final step!
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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#127 | Should I even start estate planning right now given the "shelter at home" order?
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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#126 | The WRONG time to get estate planning.
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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#125 | Why is it so hard to create an estate plan?
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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#124 | Who needs estate planning?
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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#123 | 5 things a revocable trust can do that a Will can't.
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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#122 | Does everyone need a power of attorney?
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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#121 | What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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#120 | Do I need to worry about estate taxes?
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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#119 | Does a revocable trust give you asset protection?
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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#118 | What goes into a basic estate plan?
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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#117 | How to keep your trust private.
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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#116 | Important tip if divorced but still want to give your ex something when you die.
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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#115 | Why estate planning is important if you're not married but have a significant other.
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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#114 | Rental properties and estate planning.
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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#113 | Do handwritten wills work?
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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#112 | How to get your inheritance faster.
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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#111 | Caronavirus just another reason to get your estate plan done.
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Mar 03, 2020 |
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#110 | Can a will be witnessed after the fact?
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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#109 | Estate planning and non-citizen spouses.
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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#108 | Is changing trustees of a trust hard?
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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#107 | Do I have to explain my estate planning choices?
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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#106 | Do I have to update my trust when I buy new property?
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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#105 | Life insurance beneficiary unintended consequences.
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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#104 | How do you sell your home if it's in a trust?
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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#103 | Sometimes you just want a trust.
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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#102 | Stop listening to people that don't know what they are talking about
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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#101 | What to do if your PR (executor) dies
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#100 | What makes an estate insolvent? And why does it matter?
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#099 | One way to make your estate planning easier.
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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#098 | Three elements of a valid will
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#097 | Does everyone need a will?
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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#096 | An easy way to pay for Washington State estate taxes
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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#095 | The copter crash isn't the point
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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#094 | Don't worry about what other people are doing
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Estate planning and bank accounts..
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Two reasons to do your estate planning now (warning - sad, but for different reasons)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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The most important estate planning document if you're over 65 years old
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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Benefits and costs of a living trust..
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Nov 12, 2019 |
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"People do it because they love their kids", I said in sarcasm (sort of)....
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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"People do it because they love their kids", I said in sarcasm (sort of)....
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Why I don't do testamentary trusts..
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Where should you store your will?
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Are your people growing?
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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How much do you actually love your family?.
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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When can I start using my trust?
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Execution is everything..
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Execution is everything in estate planning.
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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An easy way to avoid Washington State Estate taxes..
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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What are you really paying an estate plannng attorney for?
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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The biggest mistake you can make with your trust
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Am I on the hook personally for trust debts?
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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What happens if you lose your will?
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Probate tip: stop paying (most) bills after death
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Stop putting your kids on your deeds!
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Does retitling your house in the name of your spouse give it to them?
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Does retitling your house in the name of your spouse give it to them?.
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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Are you SURE my single member LLC provides asset protection?
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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I don't know everything...
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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Why we do all of this.
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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How to give gifts to people you don't trust with the gift?
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Estate planning is NOT death planning..
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Should you update old beneficiary designations?.
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Look to the document for the answers
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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What happens if my estate plan burns up in a fire?
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Are testamentary trusts a scam?
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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Do you need $10 million in assets to create a trust?
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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The two situations estate planning covers..
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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I don't understand legal jargon!!!
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Do you have to know all of your assets to create an estate plan?
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Avoiding probate when you have out of state property..
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Elder law vs estate planning..
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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An important function of wills..
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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When does a power of attorney end?
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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how to make sure your people can get to your electronic stuff if they need to...
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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4th of July thoughts...
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Thoughts on controlling your guardians from the grave...
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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How to take care of your non-biological peeps
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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Estate taxes explained quick and dirty.
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Estate planning and retirement accounts
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Is your power of attorney up to date?
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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One way to make sure your kid's crazy spouse doesn't spend all of the inheritance..
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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One big reason to do estate planning....
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Instagram answer! Can you switch out a note for assets in a decedents trust?
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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5 ways to avoid probate that don't include a trust....
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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What happens if you don't have a will? .
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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A tragic story and lessons learned...
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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The fallacy of "fair."
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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How to avoid excise tax AND capital gains tax by gifting your house while you're alive (even if you
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Where should you store your will?
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Jun 25, 2019 |