Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

Leaving my savings to adult children and grandchildren… who have not spoken to me for 25 years

I am an 88 year old mother and grandmother… I need a reasonably priced attorney near 60525 to assist me..

Gifting

We want to give our children an amount above the yearly gift exemption. We know we will have to file..

Home Owners

I recently paid off my home. Recently lost my husband, now I want (5) Grandchildren to have the house when..

Retirement financial planners and RMD from 403b & Ira

Do I need a firm that deals with my Ira and 403b regarding RMD withdrawals? I have a CFP with..

financial advisors…..by the hour

There are supposed to be financial advisors who charge by the hour instead of a percentage of your assets, but..

Financial advisor

When meting with a fee only fiduciary advisor, does his fee go up yearly as hopefully your assists increase? According..

Trust vs Will

My husband and I (both age 72), and our children, are in disagreement over whether we need a trust or..

Mortgage payoff or keep paying

We have a mortgage of about 95k left. We are 57yrs old. The rate is 6.75%. I have an inheritance..

Retirable

I am considering using a retirable advisor. Your thoughts, please. I have heard you speak of wealth. Thank you.

Fee only advisors

Hi Terry, I know you are an advocate for fee only fiduciary advisors. My wife and I currently have about..

Wealthramp

Hi Terry. My finances are with Merrill Lynch and have been for over 20 years. I have been a widow..

Convertion of tradional IRA to Roth IRA

I don’t have a question, but I recently realized that after converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA it..

using financial advisors

i have some assets at vanguard. ShouldI engage one of their advisor programs?

IRA Inheritance

Greetings Terry I received an IRA from my sister that passed on 2023. I have not taken any withdrawals and..

Capital Gains Limitations

I recently heard that there are limits on (Home Sale) capital gains if the property is not the primary residence?..

Commercial property sale = tax liability

just getting ready to close on my commercial property and was wondering if you can offer some advise so I..

Where to invest?

Hi, married and coming into $80k from property sale. I am retired, wife is working. Looking for advice in investing..

Pension distribution

I’ve messed up my pension distribution and will be subjected to unnecessary tax because I had it sent to my..

Wills & Trust

We are in the process of updating our will and creating a trust for our property. We had planned to..

Buy life insurance at 76

Hey terry. I’m 76 years old and I need to know if I need more life insurance. If I can’t..

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