Savvy Estate Planning

By Jim Cunningham

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This podcast will dive into talks about estate planning, trust administration, tax strategies, business planning, and more. Hosted by Jim Cunningham, each episode unravels the complexities of protecting your legacy — with insights, real-life stories, and examples to help you plan for the future with confidence. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a family decision-maker, or just curious about securing your wealth, this podcast is your go-to guide for navigating life’s most important legal and financial decisions.


Episode Date
The Hidden Tax Break in U.S. Energy
Mar 24, 2026
Maximize Charitable Giving and Cut Taxes!
Mar 24, 2026
Medi-Cal Changes in 2026: Plan Before It’s Too Late
Mar 24, 2026
Get Your Will, Trust and Business in Order: New Year, New Plan
Mar 17, 2026
Estate Planning for a $1 Million Dollar Estate
Mar 17, 2026
Retiring Abroad vs Retiring in California!
Mar 17, 2026
How Long does Probate Take?... a LONG Time!
Mar 10, 2026
How ADUs and Prop 19 Work Together for Estate Lawyers
Mar 10, 2026
Dying Without a Will EXPLAINED!
Mar 03, 2026
What Happens to Real Estate Without Planning?
Feb 24, 2026
95% Tax on Inherited IRAs and How to AVOID it!
Feb 24, 2026
Prop 19 Loopholes! How to Keep Low Prop 13 Taxes
Feb 24, 2026
Estate Planning for Second Marriages in California
Feb 17, 2026
Financial Success in 2026: Economic Trends Insights
Feb 17, 2026
CA Prop 19: REAL EXAMPLES of Impacts on Property Taxes!
Feb 17, 2026
What is Power of Attorney? Why are there so many?
Feb 10, 2026
TYPES OF TRUSTS: Irrevocable vs Revocable Trusts?
Feb 10, 2026
Insider Tips for Financial Freedom
Feb 03, 2026
Retiring in California: Financial Planning & RMD Strategies
Feb 03, 2026
How do Attorneys Charge?
Feb 03, 2026
What Homeowners Should Know about Prop 19
Jan 27, 2026
How to set up a charitable trust!
Jan 27, 2026
Revocable Living Trust: Why You NEED One
Jan 27, 2026
The LLC Advantage: Liability Protection!
Jan 20, 2026
10 Mistakes Business Owners Make
Jan 20, 2026
Small Business Lawyer: Do You NEED One?
Jan 20, 2026
Revocable Trusts for Families, Pets & Special Needs
Jan 13, 2026
What is Probate? Unmask the Hidden Threat to Your Estate!
Jan 13, 2026
A Secret Weapon Against Taxes and Creditor Threats...Trusts!
Jan 13, 2026
The Big Beautiful Bill EXPLAINED!
Jan 06, 2026
Irrevocable Trusts for Asset Protection (with examples)!
Jan 06, 2026
Inside A Legal Consult! What Happens When You Meet a Lawyer?
Jan 06, 2026
Remarried? Blended Family? CRITICAL Estate Planning Issues
Dec 25, 2025
California Retirement Pitfalls to LOOK OUT For!
Dec 25, 2025
Hidden Taxes When You Inherit
Dec 18, 2025
Build Back Better TAX PLANNING 62.1% Tax Rate!
Dec 18, 2025
Capital Gains is a HIDDEN Death Tax!
Dec 18, 2025
Do you have a GOOD Living Trust?
Dec 11, 2025
Difference between a Trust and a Will!
Dec 11, 2025
Family Estate Plan MEETING: CA PROP 19 Inheritance Tips
Dec 04, 2025
Inheritance STRATEGIES for Your Wealthy Children
Nov 27, 2025
Strategic Financial & Estate CHOICES at Age 60, 70, or 80: Retirement
Nov 20, 2025
ANALYSIS for Estate, Financial Planning 2021: New Laws in CA
Nov 20, 2025
Hiring Caregivers for Parents in CA: BEWARE Liability, Risk
Nov 20, 2025
What to do with Real Estate in a Living Trust?
Nov 13, 2025
Will My Spouse and Kids Inherit Everything?
Nov 13, 2025
Community Property VS Separate Property? - Estate Problems
Nov 13, 2025
How to CUT Your Tax Bill When Selling Real Property
Nov 06, 2025
Why should you RETIRE in California?
Nov 06, 2025
Why RETIRING IN CALIFORNIA May Actually Be a Smart Idea
Nov 06, 2025
Don't Get Trapped: Spotting the Signs of a BAD Living Trust
Oct 30, 2025
Is Adding Your Child to Your Title a Bad Idea?
Oct 30, 2025
RETHINK Your California Retirement Planning Strategy
Oct 16, 2025
How to Screw Up an Estate: Will and Trust Disasters
Oct 16, 2025
What is an AB Trust?
Oct 16, 2025
PROTECT a Child’s INHERITANCE from Future Ex-Spouse: Estate Planning Tips!
Oct 16, 2025
Top 10 MISTAKES Handling Aging Parents’ Affairs: Estate Planning Tips!
Oct 16, 2025
5 Top Strategies to AVOID Death Taxes
Oct 09, 2025
Advanced Strategies to Lower YOUR Income Taxes: Tax Tips!
Oct 09, 2025
Prop 13 California: How it Benefits us Today
Oct 09, 2025
ADVANCED Tax Strategies-- Successes & Catastrophes
Oct 02, 2025
CA PROP 19 LEGAL STRATEGIES: Preserve CA Prop 13 Estate Planning
Oct 02, 2025
How to Buy Out Sibling & PRESERVE Prop 13 if Parents Pass: Prop 19
Oct 02, 2025
LEAVE California to Retire? Is the Grass Really Greener? TIP
Sep 30, 2025
Savvy Estate Planning: Avoid the Top 10 MISTAKES
Sep 23, 2025
Joint vs Separate Living Trust: What’s Right for YOU
Sep 23, 2025
Savvy Estate Planning: Avoid the Top 10 MISTAKES
Sep 23, 2025
Multi-Generational Estate Planning: LONG-TERM TIPS
Sep 16, 2025
Special Needs Trusts: A Lifeline for Your Loved One's Future
Sep 16, 2025
What Do I Do If I SUDDENLY Become a Successor Trustee?
Sep 16, 2025
How Do Trusts WORK?
Sep 09, 2025
What is Estate Planning? Avoid Probate, Save Taxes & Protect Your Legacy
Sep 09, 2025
Selling a Family Business? Don’t Ignore Tax Issues!
Sep 02, 2025
Real Estate Investing... NOT in California!
Sep 02, 2025
How to Best Own Investment Real Estate: LLCs, Joint Tenancy, Trusts?
Aug 28, 2025
How Can Successor Trustees Get PAID?
Aug 28, 2025
What NOT to Put in Your Living Trust
Aug 28, 2025
Gifting Money to Family: Savvy Estate Planning
Aug 21, 2025
Strategies to Help Your Child BUY A HOME: Gift, Title, Will & Trust
Aug 21, 2025
What is a Living Trust? Living Trusts EXPLAINED
Aug 21, 2025
CA Prop 19 URGENT Property Owner Actions: Save Your Prop 13!
Aug 14, 2025
How Wealthy People Structure Estates to Reduce Taxes
Aug 14, 2025
How to Avoid and Defer Capital Gains Tax
Aug 14, 2025
Navigating PROBATE from JUDGE'S PERSPECTIVE: Estate Planning
Aug 07, 2025
How to PREPARE Financially for the Death of a Spouse
Aug 07, 2025
Do Your Adult Children Know WHAT TO DO When You Die?
Aug 07, 2025
ADVANCED Estate Planning for High Net Worth Families: Tax Tips
Jul 29, 2025
Asset Protection in CA: NEW ERA in PRPs, Homestead Exemption
Jul 29, 2025
Donor Advised Funds vs Private Foundations
Jul 29, 2025
2026 Estate Tax Exemption Sunset: Opportunities and Risks for Your Estate Plan
Jul 22, 2025
Taxes be GONE: Charitable Trusts, Giving in Estate Planning
Jul 22, 2025
When Should You Have a Comprehensive Financial Plan?
Jul 22, 2025
Trust Administration Attorney: What is it and Do You REALLY Need an Expert?
Jul 15, 2025
When and How to PROBATE Real Estate Properties in California!
Jul 15, 2025
What If My Spouse Remarries? Protecting Your Kids After You’re Gone
Jul 15, 2025
How to Leave Your Kids a Fortune Without Ruining Their Lives!
Jul 08, 2025
AB Trusts: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Jul 08, 2025
Estate Planning Documents CRITICAL By 55 - Avoid Squabbles
Jul 08, 2025
Uncover Hidden Traps in Your Living Trust: Virtual WORKSHOP!
Jul 01, 2025
Trustees AT RISK – How to Avoid Being Sued or Even Jailed
Jul 01, 2025
What is a Trust Protector and Do I NEED One? Estate Planning Tips
Jul 01, 2025
Oil and Gas Investing is A Tax Mitigation Strategy
Jun 24, 2025
Prop 19 California: What is it?
Jun 24, 2025
Passive Income Streams: Thinking beyond real estate
Jun 24, 2025
Hidden Legal TRAPS for California Residential Rental Landlords: Real Estate Tips
Jun 17, 2025
Business Owners: KEY Estate & Tax Planning Issues
Jun 17, 2025
What to DO with Real Estate After Somebody Dies?
Jun 10, 2025
What is the cost of probate in California?
Jun 10, 2025
Dying WITHOUT a Will: Intestate Succession California
Jun 10, 2025
Independent Trustee: Should you have one for your Living Trust?
Jun 03, 2025
Roles of People Named in a Trust: Trustees, Beneficiaries, & More
Jun 03, 2025
Funding a Living Trust: 5 Ways!
May 27, 2025
Dynasty Trusts: Not Just for the Super Rich!
May 27, 2025
What Will Updating a Living Trust Cost and WHY?
May 27, 2025
Trust Administration Checklist CALIFORNIA
May 20, 2025
What HAPPENS in a Trust After Death or Incapacity?
May 20, 2025
How to ADMINISTER a Trust After Loved One Dies: Step-by-Step Guide
May 20, 2025
Why & HOW to Use an LLC for Real Estate Investing in CA
May 13, 2025
LLC vs Corporation: Which Is BEST for My Business?
May 13, 2025
Using an LLC for Real Estate Investing: The Ultimate Guide
May 13, 2025
The True Cost of RETIRING in California: What You Need To Know
May 05, 2025
FUNDAMENTALS to Get Started on a Living Trust: Estate Tips!
May 05, 2025
Prop 19 Loopholes: Setting Your Family Up for Prop 13 Success
May 05, 2025
Living Trust COST and WHY?
May 05, 2025
The Top Ten Estate Planning MISTAKES: Avoid Disaster! Tips
May 05, 2025
Retiring in California: Pros and Cons
May 05, 2025
Right and Wrong Things to Do When You INHERIT Money
May 05, 2025
Estate Planning for Widows & Widowers: When Your Spouse Dies
May 05, 2025
Probate Process From Start To Finish
May 05, 2025
California Probate: Costs, Navigation, and Probate Alternatives
May 02, 2025
Settling a Trust After Death: Dissolving a Trust!
May 02, 2025
What to DO with Real Estate After Somebody Dies?
May 02, 2025
Difference between a Trust and a Will!
May 02, 2025
Why You Shouldn’t Add Your Child to Your Title on Your House
May 02, 2025
How Much Does a Living Trust Cost in 2025?
May 02, 2025