Making wise financial moves helps you retain more of your assets. This principle holds no matter where you fall on the age spectrum. A customized and comprehensive estate plan can protect your assets from the unpredictable nature of markets and personal upheavals. The...
Estate Planning
Can a trust protect your money?
The money you worked hard to accumulate may hurt you as you age. If you do not implement a sound asset protection plan, Medicare and others may use your net worth against you. Asset protection ensures that your property and assets do not count against you should you...
3 bad reasons to put off writing your advance directive
Medicine has made incredible advancements in recent decades. Unlike in the past, doctors now have a variety of options for treating many maladies. They even may be able to bring you back to life after you suffer a major cardiac or pulmonary event. You should have some...
3 elements to include in a simple estate plan
When you die without creating a Florida estate plan, you relinquish a good deal of control over your personal affairs. Should you suffer incapacitation before your death and do not have certain plans in place, you again relinquish control over yourself in the medical...
Consider the costs of a Florida funeral in your estate plans
Estate planning often revolves around what you have and where it is going. This includes your property and who may inherit it. It also touches on the health you have and who takes care of you should the worst happen. There are other aspects in the estate planning...
Should you care about having an advance directive?
When creating an estate plan, it is important to look far into the future. Of course, the biggest purpose of this period of planning serves to give people a way to organize their assets and other belongings so as to better pass these things on to their loved ones...
Intestate succession in Florida
Estate planning remains a controversial topic for many people in Florida. While most understand the benefit of having a will, few actually follow through in drafting one. Indeed, according to information compiled by Gallup, only 46% of American adults have a will. The...
How can asset protection benefit me?
Asset protection benefits your heirs as part of the estate planning process, but it can also benefit you now. You can protect your liquid assets, real estate, personal property, and retirement accounts through asset protection planning. What are examples of asset...
Should you create an estate plan after a house purchase?
A common misconception about estate plans exists that perpetuates the notion only the rich and elderly need to create them. However, experts continue to come forward, insisting that estate plans can benefit anyone. In particular, this holds true for anyone who owns...
Protecting your assets in Florida
If you are a property owner who is leasing to a third party, you may have concerns about your responsibility for accidents that may occur on the property. Asset protection planning may enable you to safeguard your property against liabilities for injuries sustained on...
