Welcome to Episode 1 of Estate Planning TV! If you’ve been a long time fan of CMS Law Firm then you know we’ve been doing the Rich Life Lawyer Show for about a year now. Well, I kind of got tired of that. While the show was good, it just wasn’t good enough. My number one job is to try to get you to see just how important estate planning is to your life now and your legacy when you…
When most people ask me why I got into estate planning I tell them about having kids, owning a business, and wanting to make sure I passed down a legacy to future generations. I tell people I was interested and learned about it so I could do it for my family and I love teaching and helping others to do the same. But there’s another reason that I’ve never told anyone before, until today… My dad passed away from cancer…
I have a secret I want to tell you. It’s not necessarily something I’m ashamed of, though I’m definitely not shouting it from the rooftops. And it’s got everything to do with today’s message. I secretly really like The Voice. You know The Voice, right? The television show where people come on and sing and the judge can’t see you until they decide to pick you? Well, the way the show works is each judge gets to pick 12 people…
Estate planning is not just about distributing your assets to the next generation. It can be so much more. With a well thought out estate plan you have the opportunity to create legacy and build true generational wealth. To find out what I’m talking about AND find out why most estate planning attorneys can’t help you with this, watch the video! Christopher Small wants to help you live a rich life now and leave a rich legacy when you are…
Choosing a trustee is often a difficult problem for my clients. They want someone they can trust, someone that is organized, and someone that actually wants to do the job. For many people the simplest choice is one of their kids. Often there is one kid that stands out from the others in those categories, and choosing them seems the natural course of action. But that’s often just about the worst thing you can do. There are three reasons why……
I love being an estate planning attorney. I get to help people plan for the future and I also get to help them in a great time of need. And sometimes those two worlds collide. And then all sorts of interesting things start happening. Estate planning is a lot like business planning in that way – if you have the opportunity to do it when the end is at most a long way off and at least an event that…
One of the first questions I usually ask people that I talk to about estate planning is “what do you want?” Sometimes people know exactly what they want, and that’s great, but most of the time people have a generally vague idea of what they want. “I want to protect my family.” “I want to make sure the right person is chosen to protect my kids.” Something like that. Today I want to challenge you to think a little bit…
