Estate
Effective estate management enables you to manage your affairs during your lifetime and control the distribution of your wealth after death. An effective estate strategy can spell out your healthcare wishes and ensure that they're carried out – even if you are unable to communicate. It can even designate someone to manage your financial affairs should you be unable to do so.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart
Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
Managing an Inheritance
A windfall from a loved one can be both rewarding and complicated.
How Often Should You Update Your Estate Strategy?
Review your legacy approach regularly, particularly following significant life events or legislative updates.
Understanding the Alternate Valuation Date
Executors can value the estate on the date of death, or on its six-month anniversary —the “Alternate Valuation Date."
Trends in Charitable Giving
Some people may want a more advanced gifting strategy that can maximize their gift and generate potential tax benefits.
Test Your Estate Strategy Knowledge
Estate management can help ensure that your assets are transferred according to your wishes while managing tax issues.
Why Everyone Needs an Estate Strategy
Do you have an estate strategy? You should.
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Comparing Mortgage Terms
Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.
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When Do You Need a Will?
When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.
Safeguard Your Digital Estate
If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?
Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust
A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.
Estate Management 101
A will may be only one of the documents you need—and one factor to consider—when it comes to managing your estate.
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
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