Tag: Real Estate
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Everything You Need to Know About REITs
Investing these days is not limited to mutual funds, fixed deposits, and old school real estate. There are many new ways to invest your money and one of them is via REITs. REITs or Real Estate Investment Trusts are the new definition of investing that have revolutionized the way people see real estate as an ... -
Living Trusts: Facts and Fiction
Estate planning, simply put, is the management and distribution of one’s assets after their death or incapacitation. Its primary objective is to distribute a person’s estate to its rightful heirs, with a focus to reduce estate tax. Of the many methods involved in estate planning, the two basic ones are writing a will and setting ... -
Does Your Estate Plan Work?
Estate planning is an indisputable way to a secure future. Starting with the simple step of making a will, estate planning can also involve setting up a trust, preparing a power of attorney, protecting the interests of a minor, and much more. In fact, contrary to popular belief, everyone needs an estate plan even if ... -
Tips to Minimize Estate Taxes with Proper Estate Planning
Estate planning is often an ignored subject, yet an important one which should be on the top of your priority list. More than half of the adult U.S population is yet to make a will. The absence of a will could prove to be disastrous for their children if a tragedy were to strike. As ... -
Things You Need to Know About Estate Planning in a Second Marriage
Estate planning is the most multi-faceted aspect of financial planning. It involves emotions and relationships, and is perhaps the only part of personal finance that you plan for someone else and not yourself. Unlike your other financial goals, estate planning depends largely on the structure of your family. Your marital status plays a very significant ... -
Catastrophic Estate Planning mistakes that you must avoid
British Novelist J.K Rowling once said, “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.” Your mind will be organized and at peace if you know what is going to happen to your hard-earned wealth/property in your absence. Planning your estate well in advance can be beneficial not just for you but also ...