“I don’t need any,” was David M. Cordell’s conclusion after doing some soul-searching combined with financial planning. Cordell, director of finance programs at the University of Texas at Dallas, came to the conclusion that his life insurance policy, with its...
Month: April 2018
Contingency Estate Planning for Pets
Pet owners are turning to their financial advisors for guidance, Margarida Correla reports in financial-planning.com. Most of the upswing, Correla notes, is coming from young, single individuals who have not yet settled down but who are committed to their pets and...
Seniors Can Move and Buy, Using a Reverse Mortgage
“The HECM is a safe plan that can give older Americans greater financial security,” is the way Ben Carson, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary puts it. Carson is referring to reverse mortgages, which allow seniors aged 62 and older to access some of the...
Roth Conversions Changed Under the New Tax Law
Roth IRAs can play an important role in estate planning, and, at Geyer Law, we think it’s important to remind our clients that the rules have changed under the new tax law. “Clients will require more advice,” retirement planning expert Ed Slott writes in Financial...