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Student loans!! Mortgage payments!! Credit card bills!! All of these payments create anxiety and irritation but they are all real. They are payments we keep in mind when we budget for the month. Then suddenly, an emergency occurs, be it small or large. Are you as prepared as you should be to spend those extra dollars? continued…

A beneficiary controlled trust is fast becoming a favorite estate planning tool as rising real estate prices push up the value of middle class estates.

In a beneficiary controlled trust, the primary beneficiary acts as co-trustee and exercises nearly all of the rights, benefits, and control over trust property that a person would have over that same property with outright ownership - but without the normal exposure to creditors, lawsuits, divorce courts, or the IRS. continued…

“The Written Contingency Plan can help avoid conflict and the feeling of ‘what do I do first?’ for the ones left behind.” By Heidi Richards

There’s an old saying that there are only two sure things in life “death and taxes.” And most of us feel as though we have no control over either. continued…

With ever-increasing property prices, more and more people’s assets are now worth more than the inheritance tax threshold of £285,000, which has never been increased in proportion to the recent property boom. With a rate of 40% inheritance tax on any assets above the £285,000 threshold in the estate, this can really put a dent in what your heirs receive from your estate. continued…

An estate is the total value of everything we own–and business and personal assets can add up quickly. Everyone has an estate. And realize it or not, everyone also has an estate plan.
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Estate Planning may be a word that is encountered by many citizens especially the elderly. What is Estate Planning? What benefits does it provide to people?
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Throughout your home owning experience, you may run into unexpected events that cause you to use your options of increasing and decreasing both your debt and home equity in your property. Mortgages are really just that, a change in the amount of money you owe (debt) and the amount of ownership in your property (home equity).
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