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Can You Use Your Trust Fund To Buy A Home?

Borrowing from a trust can be an alternative to taking a jumbo mortgage, defined as above $417,000 in most markets and $625,500 in some high-price areas such as New York and San Francisco. In some cases, a trust can buy the home outright. A mortgage… Read More
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Keep Your Advance Healthcare Directive Handy

Most of the time, patients who have advance directives — somewhere — and don’t bring them to the hospital have simply left them at home. But lawyers’ offices and safe deposit boxes are also popular locations. All of which are useless if a per… Read More
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Have "The Talk" - Discuss Your Finances With Your Adult Children

Talking to your adult kids about your finances and how you plan to divvy up your money after your death may be one of the most important conversations you'll ever have. But … the majority of families aren't comfortable talking about m… Read More
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Plan Before Alzheimer’s And Dementia Strikes

Plan Before Alzheimer’s And Dementia Strikes "Family members are already on emotional overload—adding a financial and legal decision aspect to what they're already going through is enormous," said Carol Steinberg, president of Alzh… Read More
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Medicare Enrollment Now Open

Medicare’s open enrollment season begins Tuesday October 15. Making the right choices might save you, or your parents, hundreds or thousands of dollars. Medicare open enrollment period began as of October 15, and beneficiaries have until December 7… Read More
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Inheritance With A Required Family Reunion

Before he died in 2010, at the age of 90, Albert made out a will – with a clause. Which brings us back to the Ravenholt family reunion. To receive their share of Albert's wealth, his nieces and nephews are required to attend … Just a… Read More
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Plan Before Alzheimer’s And Dementia Strikes in Ann Arbor

"Family members are already on emotional overload—adding a financial and legal decision aspect to what they're already going through is enormous," said Carol Steinberg, president of Alzheimer's Foundation of America, a national… Read More
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Sudden Wealth Needs Protection

Sudden wealth can be a life-changing experience that can improve your life and the lives of those around you, but only if you keep it. Those with more assets are bigger targets for lawsuits. Don’t let your sudden wealth suddenly get stripped from y… Read More
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Medicaid Benefits Impacted When The Recipient's Spouse Passes First

The death of a Medicaid recipient's spouse can affect the amount of assets the Medicaid recipient has, and therefore his Medicaid eligibility. Scenario: One spouse, the institutional spouse, is in a nursing home and is qualified to receive Medic… Read More
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Don't Forget To Plan For Your Digital Assets

… Even people who think they've ticked off all of the usual boxes on their estate-planning to-do lists may have overlooked an increasingly important component of the process: ensuring the proper management and orderly transfer of their dig… Read More
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