
How to Simplify Estate Planning
Estate planning can be an emotional and challenging endeavor. However, here are three tips to make it easier and to help you prepare for the future.

Estate planning can be an emotional and challenging endeavor. However, here are three tips to make it easier and to help you prepare for the future.

I am one of three daughters who will inherit our home when our parents pass away. They have a mortgage on the home and some credit card debt. Would it be wise for us to purchase their home before their death, so their mortgage debt is paid off?

If you live in California, you likely know it is one of the highest-taxed states when it comes to income taxes. However, there is some good news for those worried about estate taxes. California is part of the 38 states that don’t impose their own estate tax.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a parent transferring the title of a home to a child?

You can reduce stress and expenses for yourself and your family, if you develop an estate plan that includes these important documents.

What Emergency Documents Should I Have?

Putting your last wishes on paper is critical to ensuring your family is taken care of when you die.

How do we move into probate, so we do not lose the house and bank accounts, while not killing ourselves in the process?

Many baby boomers may hesitate to discuss money with their children. However, the reality is that a massive amount of wealth will be transferred in the next couple of decades. Cerulli Associates estimates that about $68 trillion will move between generations within 25 years, with most of those assets transferred to Generation X households.

Per stirpes in a will means that a deceased’s child’s share will pass to the deceased’s child’s children in equal shares, if any.