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.

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Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

Do you have causes that you want to support with donations?

4 Elements of an Estate Strategy

Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.

What is the Value of Your Business?

Ascertaining the value of your business is important for a variety of reasons.

Safeguard Your Digital Estate

If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

• Articles

  Choosing a Business Structure

  Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”

  Intellectual Property and Your Estate

  Do you have intellectual property? Consider how you might include your IP into your estate strategy in this detailed article.

  Intellectual Property Rocks in a New Digital Era

  Intellectual property ownership and its implications for ordinary people and estates.

  Will Power

  Preparing for the eventual distribution of your assets may not sound enticing. But a will puts the power in your hands.

  3 Estate Challenges for Blended Families

  This article will help your clients with blended families think and prepare their estate strategy.

  Steps to Protecting a Child with Disabilities

  Planning for children with special needs can be confusing but by working together, we can help navigate those challenges.

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• Calculators

  Comparing Mortgage Terms

  Compare different mortgage term lengths side by side to find the option that fits your budget.

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• Videos

  Safeguard Your Digital Estate

  If you died, what would happen to your email archives, social profiles and online accounts?

  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.

  When Special Care Is Needed: The Special Needs Trust

  A special needs trust helps care for a special needs child when you’re gone.

  When Do You Need a Will?

  When do you need a will? The answer is easy: Right Now.

  Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

  Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?

  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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