The key to ensuring that your estate plan will work the way you envision is understanding that how you own your money and property (i.e., how title is held) determines whether your will or trust, or neither, controls who will receive that money and property.
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When creating a trust, you can include specific provisions in your trust agreement that will either encourage or discourage certain kinds of behavior.
Bruce Wayne possess something key to moonlighting as Batman: money. Heir to an enormous fortune, Wayne emerges as one of Gotham’s wealthiest citizens. A major philanthropist who donates money to various causes, neither role would work without assets.
When people create estate plans, they typically focus on distributing their money and property to loved ones. For those interested in multigenerational wealth transfer, consider dynasty trusts.
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The news that you will be receiving an inheritance is often bittersweet. Sadly, it means that somebody close to you died. However, you might also have mixed emotions about your inheritance for reasons that have to do with the actual accounts or inherited property.
A cold wallet is a physical storage device, such as a USB drive. It stores your crypto offline. The downsides of this option include the cost of the hardware, and that the device may be a small object which may easily be misplaced.
The first step to protecting your artistic legacy is to catalog your artwork, including pieces you sold. Specify how much to sell each piece for. This information may aid artwork evaluation.
The National Association of Home Builders reports that people owned 7.5 million second homes in 2018. This makes up 5.5 percent of the total number of homes. Such vacation property must be planned for, managed, and maintained. What’s more, they birth happy memories for their owners. Consider these estate planning questions to protect your place […]
Blended families challenge us in life and death. Someone with children from a previous marriage balances wanting to provide for their children and their spouse. Specifically, concerns arise relative to the money left to the current spouse.