On this week’s edition of the show we’re talking about how to manage your accountant. Remember, they are here to help you. To find out how to get the most out of your accountant, watch the video! Hello everybody and welcome to episode number ten of The Rich Life Lawyer Show. I’m Christopher Small as always. I’m here to just have a little conversation with you right now. I’m talking about how to manage accountants and if you checked out…
What is Intestacy? Let’s start with the legal definition: Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies owning property whose value is greater than the sum of their enforceable debts and funeral expenses without having made a valid will or other binding declaration. Alternatively this may also apply where a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of the estate; the remaining estate forms the “intestate estate”. Wow. Make sense to you?…
We talk about estate planning all the time here at the office, but I don’t if I’ve ever taken the time to talk about or explain what an “estate” really is. I guess if you’re going to talk about estate planning, you should define the main word that explains what you do. So let’s give it a shot. The Legal Definition of Estate If you talk to any estate planning lawyer and ask them what an estate is, this is…
As an estate planning attorney I know how easy it is to get blinders on when it comes to counseling my clients. It takes a special level of concentration to make sure each client is achieving their specific goals, not the ones I think they should be achieving. The same situation applies to financial planners. Here’s how to get the most out of your financial planner. MY NEWEST ARTICLE: Do You Even Care What Happens When You Die? Christopher Small…
A couple of days ago I talked about what a trust is. Here’s the deal – don’t try to do a trust on your own. You are going to mess it up. But, maybe you can do a will on your own. And I’m a kirkland estate planning lawyer, so you know I know what I’m talking about. Let’s explore that… What is a Will? Before you run off making your own will, you should probably understand exactly what it…
Here at Rich Life Lawyer we aren’t all about giving away your money when you die. We want you to build it up and spend a little of it on yourself while you’re here. Before you can do either of those things you need to have a baseline. You need to know where you stand right now. You need to know your net worth. Calculating your net worth actually isn’t that tough. You just have to compile some information about…
Managing your estate planning attorney is all about two things. First, it’s about picking the right estate planning attorney for you. Second, it’s about understanding what your estate planning attorney’s job really is (it’s not to specifically help you avoid taxes). Curious about what to do about these two things? Then watch the video… Question of the day: what is the best experience you’ve ever had like with a service? That can be an attorney, it could be like restaurant,…
