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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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.

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.

Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

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

• Articles

  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."

  Four Steps to Valuing an Estate

  Determining the value of your estate, or for someone who has passed away, can be a complex undertaking.

  Four Reasons Millennials Need an Estate Strategy

  Estate strategies for millennials may sound like less of a concern than retirement, but young adults should prepare now.

  White Elephant Inheritance

  This article deals with how one might deal with a burdensome inheritance.

  Problems with Probate

  Probate can be a completely public process, or it can be managed to include as little information as possible.

  Choosing a Business Structure

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

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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

  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.

  Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous

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

  Charitable Giving: Smart from the Heart

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

  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?

  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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