Financial Planning / Retirement Questions

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..

Pension. rollover or monthly payments

Hi Terry, I just retired at 77 yrs old. Should I take my pension benefit as a monthly payment or..

Financial Personal Orgain

I’m interested in a Financial Personal Organizer.

Personal Financial Advisor

Hi Terry, Where should I look to find a personal financial advisor for myself and my wife for help with..

SS assistance

Hi Terry, my husband has just passed away and I Need advice on survival benefits and also the name of..

rollover of IRA to S&P for senior citizen?

Terry: have heard you on your segments with WGN radio. I am a senior citizen age 73. I have an..

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