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1

How to Transfer Bitcoin When You Die

2

The Worst Alternative to a Power of Attorney

3

Put Mortgaged Home in a Revocable Living Trust?

4

Downside of a Revocable Living Trust

5

Banks Are Not Estate Planning Attorneys

6

A $200k Estate Planning Tax Mistake

7

Revocable Trust Maintenance Schedule

8

The ONE Estate Planning Doc You Must Have

9

How Estate Planning Can Take Care of Mooching Siblings

10

How a Brain Tumor Drained This Parent's Bank Account

11

When You Should Start Worrying About WA Estate Taxes

12

The Hidden Secret to Keeping Your Land in the Family Forever

13

Wills Do Not Avoid Probate

14

Two Kids Don't Need Two Trusts

15

How to Fix One Spouse on the Deed

16

Estate Planning With Property in 2 Countries

17

Car Titles and Revocable Trusts

18

529 Plans and Revocable Trusts

19

I moved to another state - do I need to update my estate plan?

20

My Will is different than my beneficiary - who wins?

21

How to Dissolve a Revocable Trust.

22

What do people mean when they say estate plan?

23

Distribution schedule when there's no Will.

24

Can someone sell your home without your permission?

25

Does a Will help you avoid probate?

26

Why 67% of People are Making this Massive Mistake

27

The WA Estate Tax Trap for Out-of-State Property

28

Married in WA State? Your House Might Still Go to Probate

29

Power Of Attorney When You Don't Have Any Options

30

Is The WA Estate Tax Going Back Down?

31

Inheritances are divorce proof unless you do this.

32

What to do if people don't like your estate planning choices.

33

Use a Trust even if giving it all to charity.

34

How to purchase real estate with a Trust.

35

Estate planning and travelling out of the country

36

Estate planning and Love is Blind.

37

Do not put your Will inside your safety deposit box!

38

Guns and Death - Here's What to Do.

39

Student Loans and Death - Who's Responsible?

40

Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.

41

Do Spouses Need Medical Powers of Attorney?

42

Mortgages and Inherited Real Estate

43

Are Trusts Just for Rich People?

44

Contract Law Spendthrift Trusts - Everything You Need to Know (reaction)

45

Do Handwritten Wills Work?

46

Do Not Give Your House to Your Kids While Alive!

47

What Happens if You Die Without a Will?

48

Married? Significant other? Don't forget this!

49

What to do if you're uncertain about your estate planning.

50

Where (and Where Not) to Store Your Estate Plan

51

Revocable Trusts DO NOT Give You Asset Protection

52

The Biggest Misunderstanding About WA Estate Taxes

53

Revocable Trusts Don't Have Separate Tax Returns

54

Real Estate Anonymity with Revocable Trusts

55

You don't need a Wyoming LLC for asset protection!

56

Putting Rental Property in a Trust - Lender Rules

57

Medicaid Liens and Inherited Real Estate

58

How to Give More Than $19K Per Year With No Estate Tax Return

59

The Right Time to Think About Medicaid Planning

60

Minors Cannot Be Your Power of Attorney

61

New Real Estate and Your Estate Plan

62

Do Single Member LLCs Get Asset Protection?

63

Don't Pay Inheritances With Cashier's Checks

64

Estate Planning Demystified

65

When Do Estate Plans Get Too Old?

66

How to Avoid Millions in Estate Tax If You Can See the Future

67

The Difference Between a $1K Estate Plan and a $4K Estate Plan

68

How to Own WA Real Estate and Pay No Estate Tax

69

An Easy Way to Avoid WA Estate Taxes

70

How to Avoid Probate When You Own a Business

71

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #74: Don't Wait Until Death to Give

72

5 ways you can avoid probate.

73

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #217: Zero Tax Isn't the Goal

74

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #42: Crazy Trust Provisions Aren't Effective

75

Deathbed Real Estate Gifts Are BAD

76

NEWSFLASH! WA Couples Do Not Have $6M of WA Estate Tax Exemption

77

Do Not Put Your Family on Your Real Estate to Avoid Probate

78

Downsides to Probates That Take a Long Time

79

A Typical Minor Child Trust Distribution Schedule

80

The Unlikely Place High Net Worth People Should Start Estate Planning

81

How to gift over the annual limit with no gift tax return

82

Creative trust distribution schedule thoughts

83

End of the year estate tax strategy

84

Should you put your real estate in a trust

85

How credit shelter trusts work in under 90 seconds

86

Unmarried Couples - Estate Planning Beware!

87

The Downside of Putting Real Estate in a Trust.

88

Credit Shelter Trusts Explained

89

The One Time a Power of Attorney Does Not Work

90

A Costly Probate Mistake with Real Estate

91

A Story About Entitlement and Estate Planning

92

Need Probate? Just Say No to Credit Card Bills.

93

The Secret Language of Bank Beneficiary Designations.

94

4 Probate Rules Every Executor Needs to Know

95

Real Estate, Death, and Probate Notice

96

Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.

97

How Much Money Should You Leave Your Executor

98

Will vs. Trust: What's the Difference?

99

Probate, HOA Dues, and the Creditor Claim Process

100

The Best Way to Update a Medical Power of Attorney.

101

How to Revoke a Power of Attorney

102

The Wrong Way to Revoke a Will

103

How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures

104

How to Open a Probate When the Debts Are More Than the Assets

105

Does the Notary on a Will Count as a Witness

106

The Only Way to Revoke a Revocable Trust

107

The Wrong Way to Update Your Will

108

No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This

109

How to Revoke a Medical Power of Attorney

110

The Best Way to Update an Irrevocable Trust

111

How to Revoke a Revocable Trust

112

How a WA LLC Can Decrease Your Estate Taxes

113

How a WA LLC Can Increase Your Estate Taxes

114

How to Update Your Power of Attorney.

115

No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This

116

How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures

117

The Benefits and Costs of Irrevocable Trusts

118

The Right Time to Put Life Insurance in a Trust

119

What is TEDRA and How Can It Wreck Your Estate Plan

120

Verbal Promises are Not Estate Planning

121

The Only Time You're Required to Take Inherited IRA Distributions

122

Don't Judge Your Estate Planning Attorney by Their Binder Extravagance.

123

Irrevocable Trust - How Much Money Should You Have?

124

Unless You're Charlie Sheen, You Probably Don't Need an Irrevocable Trust.

125

Estate Planning with Assets Under $1M

126

The One Time Doing a Transfer on Death Deed is a Disaster

127

An Estate Planning Tip for the End of the Year

128

2 Reasons You Shouldn't Use willsandtrusts.com

129

Two Ways to Avoid Probate when Own Real Estate

130

Life Insurance Proceeds DO Count for Estate Taxes

131

Joint Tenancy vs Tenants in Common

132

Save Money in Probate with the Bill Strategy

133

How Much Money do You Need to Need a Trust?

134

If You Have this Type of Trust You are in Big Trouble!

135

Can Your Power of Attorney Sell Your Real Estate? Find Out!

136

Do Beneficiaries get Taxed on Inheritance?

137

When You are Required to File a WA Estate Tax Return?

138

Do You Have to Pay Off the Mortgage on Inherited Property?

139

How Long Should it Take to Make an Estate Plan

140

Can Your Power of Attorney Change Beneficiary Designations

141

No Inheritance for Common Law Marriages

142

Estate Planning Covers More than Death

143

No Inheritance for Step-Kids

144

The Problem with Joint Tenants with Rights of Suvivorship

145

Common Law Marriage Estate Planning Nightmare!

146

Moving Your House into Your LLC will NOT Trigger the Due on Sale Clause

147

Can You Update Transfer on Death Deed Without Telling Beneficiaries?

148

Where do Your Assets Go if You Die Without a Will?

149

How an LLC can Increase Your WA Estate Tax Liability

150

The Wrong Way to Make Changes to Your Trust

151

How to Have Multiple Successor Trustees

152

This Will Change How You Think About Disinheriting Your Family

153

LLC - Good for Asset Protection, Bad for WA Estate Taxes

154

I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This, but You Don't Need a Trust to Avoid Probate

155

This May Change How You Think About Estate Planning

156

This Feels Illegal to Know About Revocable Trusts

157

The Real Reason for Revocable Living Trusts Is Not to Save on Estate Taxes

158

Who Gets Separate Property if There is a Will

159

5 estate planning myths that will lead you to make bad life choices

160

Why Do Probates Take SOOO Long

161

How to Replace a Trustee in a Revocable Trust

162

Estate Planning when Your Spouse Hates Your Kids

163

Estate Planning when Your Kids Hate Your Spouse

164

How to Transfer Real Estate into a Revocable Trust.

165

How to Value Inherited Real Estate to Lower Your Taxes.

166

How to Sell and Buy Real Estate Using a Revocable Trust.

167

Why do People Love Nevada Trusts so Much?

168

What Your Irrevocable Trust Guru Isn't Telling You...

169

Why do Probates Take So Long?

170

5 Reasons to Use a Big Law Firm.

171

Revocable Living Trusts Don't Save on Income Taxes.

172

Are South Dakota Trust Better than Other States?

173

Don't Make this Revocable Trust Mistake.

174

Estate Planning Do's and Don'ts.

175

Inherited Real Estate - You Don't Need To Refinance The Mortgage.

176

The Type of Deed I'd Use to Gift Real Estate.

177

5 Reasons To Use Big Law Instead Of Small Law.

178

Why the IRS makes Trustees Give their Social Security Number.

179

4 Advanced WA State Estate Tax Strategies

180

The CMS Estate Planning Process Step-by-Step

181

$8 Million Dollar Estate Plan Review

182

What is Support and Maintenance in a Revocable Living Trust?

183

Don't Give Your House to Your Kids - Do THIS Instead.

184

5 Things To Do Before You Die

185

Don't Make This Mistake

186

How to Give Your Kids Your House While You're Alive AND Save on Taxes.

187

The Big Beautiful Tax Bills effect on estate planning

188

4 Irrational Reasons to do Your Estate Plan.

189

If This is You then Don't Use a Transfer on Death Deed.

190

Do You Know What a Non-Grantor Trust is?

191

Credit Shelter Trusts are NOT Needed for Fed Estate Taxes

192

How To Tell How Wealthy Your Friends Are...

193

How I'd Build an Estate Plan from Nothing

194

Estate Planning and Your Home - Tax and Probate pitfalls

195

Creating A Will Doesn't Make You Die Faster

196

A Will is not the most important part of your estate plan

197

Don't give your house to your kids - yet revision

198

3 Common Living Trust Mistakes

199

How to Buy a House Anonymously

200

Don't Give Your House to Your Kids

201

LLCs with No Biz Purpose are NOT LLCs

202

15% Tax for Probate

203

5 ways to avoid probate revision

204

6 Asset Protection No-Nos

205

A Bolt-On WA State Estate Tax Strategy.

206

An Estate Planning Lesson from Jimmy Buffett.

207

A Sneaky WA State Estate Tax Strategy.

208

A Simple Irrevocable Trust WA State Estate Tax Strategy.

209

Attention! New Inherited IRA Rules.

210

Do Deathbed Gifts Avoid Estate Taxes?

211

Transfer on Death Deed Failure Story.

212

What is probate and why do people hate it?

213

Important Tax Reason Not To Give Your Kids Your House Before You Die.

214

When you die your assets will never go to the government.

215

The Washington State Estate Tax Is Changing!

216

The 2 Estate Taxes Washington Residents Need To Know About.

217

One Of The Easiest Ways To Avoid Washington State Estate Taxes.

218

How Estate Planning Can Save - Or Wreck - A Life.

219

What is a revocable trust and why should you have one?

220

The First Thing To Do When Someone Dies.

221

This Move Guarantees Probate Avoidance.

222

Powers of attorney only work while alive.

223

5 ways you can avoid probate.

224

An Estate Planning Fact You Did Not Know.

225

Estate Planning 101 in under 60 seconds.

226

The different types of trust distribution schedules.

227

Land Trusts are a scam.

228

Is It Okay To Move Real Estate With A Mortgage Into An LLC?

229

The best revocable trust provisions for kids.

230

The wrong way to leave your house to your kids.

231

5 Reasons to Create a Revocable Living Trust

232

Do-It-Yourself Estate Planning Gone Wrong.

233

3 Unexpected Reasons That Probate Sucks.

234

The Best Way To Prevent Kids From Blowing Their Inheritance.

235

When A Trust Is Appropriate For Real Estate Transfers.

236

What does estate planning even mean?

237

Estate Planning Case Study - Married with Young Kids

238

A trust is not the only way to avoid probate.

239

What are Non-Probate Assets?

240

Washington State Estate Tax Changes!

241

Why $2.2m in assets is the WA estate tax magic number.

242

Is a do-it-yourself estate plan good enough?

243

Are Inherited Roth IRA Account Required to be Distributed?

244

3 reasons you can contest a will.

245

Dead ex-spouse on the deed? Here's what to do.

246

The 3 main characters in a revocable living trust.

247

A Will will Not Keep You Out of Probate.

248

What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?

249

3 Reasons to Have a Revocable Living Trust.

250

Why a married couple might want two trusts.

251

Can a Step-Parent Prevent You from Seeing the Will?

252

What Happens if there is No Will?

253

Why Does Probate Suck so Much?

254

Who Keeps Attorneys Honest?

255

Revocable Trusts will Not Keep You Safe from Medicaid.

256

What are the Advantages of Having a Will?

257

How do you Transfer an LLC Interest Without Probate.

258

3 ways to handle greedy family members when a loved one dies.

259

Step one of a $7 million dollar estate plan.

260

Here's who to blame when you can't find a Will.

261

What makes a creditor claim valid in a probate?

262

How to get a law firm to give you a dead person's Will.

263

Why I'd rather pay WA estate taxes over capital gains taxes.

264

Inherited Roth IRA distribution rules.

265

If you inherit a house you don't have to tell the mortgage company.

266

There are no downsides to a revocable trust.

267

The New Rules for Inherited IRAs

268

No contest clauses only apply for bad faith contests.

269

Is the client the only one that can pay for estate planning?

270

Can your spouse create their own trust and put EVERYTHING in it?

271

Why won't my mom's attorney give me a copy of her Will?

272

A Will with no witnesses is not a Will.

273

Top 3 tips for transferring assets at death.

274

A transfer on death deed does not stop you from selling your house.

275

Irrevocable trust maintenance obligations.

276

How to remove or change a Power of Attorney.

277

How do you remove the executor from a probate?

278

What to do if a bank tells you they need a court order for a dead person's account.

279

Are you required to read the Will when someone dies?

280

How to handle property acquired AFTER you create a trust.

281

What to do when a parent refuses to go a to nursing home.

282

How to access a dead person's safety deposit box.

283

How to remove the trustee on a trust.

284

What are the Advantages of a Revocable Trust?

285

Can a revocable trust create an irrevocable trust?

286

Can you put a house with a mortgage in an irrevocable trust?

287

What does estate planning even mean?

288

How do You Write Off the Mortgage Interest Payments on an Inherited Home?

289

What to do if you think someone's Will is in their safety deposit box.

290

Distribution rules for inherited IRAs.

291

Can a Step-Parent Revise the Will After the Parent Dies?

292

How to remove or change a Medical Power of Attorney.

293

How to disinherit someone.

294

Can you leave your dog your entire estate?

295

Living trusts and nursing homes.

296

Can you dictate marriage decisions through your trust?

297

How often should you update your estate plan?

298

Inherited real estate and the mortgage - what to do.

299

Death of spouse and your mortgage - what to do.

300

What happens if you die without a Will?

301

Beneficiary designations and avoiding probate.

302

Reverse mortgage and death - what to do.

303

An estate planning attorney on why you shouldn't use an estate planning attorney.

304

Taxes an executor is in charge of paying.

305

Offsetting income tax from an inherited IRA.

306

Common gift tax inheritance problem and how to avoid it.

307

When it's okay to not get a Will.

308

Annual fees and maintenance on a revocable living trust.

309

Do you need to probate on manufactured homes?

310

When does the 10 year clock on an inherited IRA start?

311

Penalty for failing to file a Will on time.

312

How to fund a revocable living trust.

313

Real estate taxes from transfer on death deed inheritance.

314

Estate planning when you have no money.

315

A time when your Executor can be lazy.

316

How to make a Will on a napkin.

317

If this happens, the Will doesn't matter.

318

A Will won't cut it for blended families.

319

Inherited real estate with multiple liens - what to do.

320

In probates there's usually no secrets.

321

The one time it is impossible to avoid probate.

322

Transfer on Death Deeds Happen Instantly Upon Death.

323

You're Not the Executor Until Probate is Open.

324

How Loving Your Spouse Can Help Qualify for Medicaid.

325

Stop paying bills when someone dies.

326

Did you know there are electronic Wills in WA?

327

How to Unintentionally Wreck Your Child's Inheritance.

328

What to do when Inherited Real Estate is Paid Off.

329

Joint Tenants vs Tenants in Common.

330

How do you trigger a transfer on death deed?

331

Thank you for 10,000 subscribers!

332

Instructions instead of a Will is the worst thing you could do.

333

True Story - Another Reason Not to Put Family on Your Bank Account

334

What Rights to Future Beneficiaries Have?

335

How Young Children Can Help Qualify for Medicaid

336

A Time to NEVER Use Transfer on Death Deeds

337

How Lack of Knowledge Can Help Qualify for Medicaid

338

Why do companies take life insurance policies out on their employees?

339

Revocable living trusts do not give you asset protection.

340

Does a Will get filed before or after death?

341

Can you appoint non-US resident guardians for your kids?

342

How to deal with crazy people in probate - a story.

343

Forming an LLC? Get an Attorney!

344

How to Tell if Your U.S. Estate Plan will Work Abroad.

345

Future Beneficiary and Trust Visibility

346

You're Not the Executor Until this Happens (even with a Will).

347

Do gift receivers pay income tax?

348

Can a beneficiary see a Will or Trust before the creator dies?

349

Executors are not required to give you a copy of the Will.

350

Tax consequences of giving too much in 2024.

351

Warning! Trust + s-corp can equal trouble.

352

Income tax exemptions only work while you are alive.

353

ILIT - trust first or life insurance first?

354

Can you redo an irrevocable trust?

355

Real estate and death of spouse - probate required?

356

Do you have to use inheritance as directed?

357

Is the executor required to give you a copy of the Will?

358

Inherited real estate and mortgage rules.

359

When is the Right Time to Create an Irrevocable Trust?

360

How to get a Copy of a Will After Someone Dies.

361

Do You Need Estate Planning If You have No Assets?

362

Why do Health Care Directives Exist?

363

How Business Owners Create a Power of Attorney.

364

An Example of How NOT to Draft a Will

365

Your Probate Questions Answered - Grandma's Farm.

366

The best place to store your estate plan.

367

Can the Executor just Kick You Out of Your House?

368

An Important Consideration if Creating a Medicaid Asset Protection Trust.

369

How to Get Cash in a Probate with Only Real Estate.

370

You do not have to give someone $1 to disinherit them.

371

How Does a Will Work?

372

Can You Add or Delete Beneficiaries from an Irrevocable Trust?

373

Estate planning and AI don't compute - yet.

374

The best way to keep your home safe from a Medicaid lien.

375

What does a guardian ad litem do in a probate?

376

Do not let your estate planning attorney keep your original docs.

377

A revocable trust always travels with a will.

378

What to do if your estate planning attorney retires.

379

The best first irrevocable trust to create for estate tax avoidance.

380

What do drug dealers, adult website owners, and the ultra-wealthy have in common?

381

What happens to a car lease when someone dies?

382

What is a foreign will?

383

Two things you need to know to create an estate plan.

384

Who pays estate taxes owed by an estate?

385

QPRTs - qualified personal residence trusts - what you need to know.

386

What to do when trustor dies.

387

How to redo your trust without starting over.

388

How does the gift tax work?

389

How to pick a great Trustee.

390

How much maintenance is required for a revocable living trust?

391

Gift taxes explained.

392

Estate planning with an ex-spouse - what NOT to do.

393

What is a self-settled irrevocable trust?

394

How to change an irrevocable trust - yes it's possible.

395

How to keep random people from claiming they're your kids for inheritance.

396

Real estate upgrades when the first spouse dies.

397

Estate planning with an ex-spouse. An example of what not to do.

398

Retirement account beneficiary must-dos.

399

Do you even need a trust?

400

Beneficiary designations and pension plans.

401

Trust assets and taxes explained.

402

What does a revocable living trust do?

403

Probate alternatives.

404

How to pick a great Trustee.

405

How to keep your house in the family FOREVER.

406

Beneficiary designation vs. Trust - here's who wins.

407

Trust assets and taxes explained.

408

How to get access to a dead person's email.

409

How to set up a trust for a blended family.

410

How to transfer an inherited IRA to your own IRA.

411

Should you worry about the government taking all of your property when you die?

412

Should you put rental properties in separate LLCs and separate trusts?

413

Estate planning attorney hiring guide.

414

Divorcing? You MUST update your estate plan.

415

What to do if your estate planning attorney retires.

416

House in Trust: When Does the Step-Up Occur?

417

Why Probate Sucks and How to Avoid It

418

Inherited retirement accounts? Here's what you need to know!

419

A Trust is Not Always the Best Place to Put a House

420

What to do if an attorney says they are too busy.

421

Probate strategy when there's no family left.

422

What is a self-settled irrevocable trust?

423

Tax assessment for real estate valuation is BAD.

424

Person dies - Someone living in the house How to get them out.

425

Trust on a trust on trust is usually not a good idea.

426

Here's who pays irrevocable trust tax income.

427

3 common trust distributions provisions.

428

What happens to your house when the first spouse dies?

429

Calculating the tax basis of real estate when you combine gift and sale.

430

Divorce - when you should update your estate plan.

431

Gift to spouse - is there a tax on that?

432

Here's how to sell a property in a revocable trust.

433

What happens to real estate - and the mortgage - when the first spouse dies?

434

Why do legal documents cost so much - a story.

435

Your kids probably won't spend your money wisely.

436

Is a dynasty trust an irrevocable trust?

437

How to get Will if old lawyer has it.

438

Blended family - hope your step-parent doesn't die last.

439

Does moving your house into your trust increase insurance?

440

How many trusts are you allowed to have

441

In estate planning don't look too far ahead.

442

How to transfer assets outside the United States.

443

How long does it take to get paid in a probate?

444

Divorce - the perfect time - and wrong time - to update your estate plan.

445

How is separate property divided in probate?

446

Don't look to far ahead when estate planning.

447

Do we have notaries at the firm?

448

HOR - Why is a trust better than an LLC for real estate distributions?

449

When dealing with a split family, is probate inevitable?

450

HOR - 2026 estate tax reversion explained.

451

What to do when family members steal after death?

452

The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.

453

What is the best way to leave your house to your kids when it's paid off?

454

What happens if you name Donald Trump as your executor?

455

Trust question - what is the merger doctrine?

456

How to sell a house with a mortgage on it.

457

Trust question - what happens to trust property after you die?

458

How do LLCs give you asset protection?

459

Trust question - put both spouses' names on it or just one?

460

Take care of your parents without messing up medicaid.

461

Can you take real estate out of a revocable living trust?

462

The end of anonymous LLCs in 2024!

463

Should you update your estate plan when you get divorced?

464

Death - inheritance - rise from the dead - what happens?

465

Gift tax rules for spouses.

466

Creative idea for an anonymous LLC.

467

Is Trust income taxed to trust or beneficiary?

468

Beneficiary of a beneficiary, a good will witness?

469

What if you sue someone and they die?

470

How long does a trust last?

471

How to transfer a business without having to go through probate.

472

Who picks the trustees of a trust?

473

When estate planning, remember you cannot predict the future.

474

How long can a house stay in a trust?

475

Do overseas gifts have to pay gift tax?

476

Estate planning for children with disabilities.

477

Do you need a pourover will with a living trust?

478

HOR - Don't look to far ahead when estate planning.

479

How to put a house into a trust.

480

Divorce - the perfect time - and wrong time - to update your estate plan.

481

The hard way to give a house to 3 people.

482

Where did the $12.92 million estate tax exemption amount come from?

483

The best way to give a house to 3 people.

484

Estate planning horror story #2?

485

Real estate is 50-50 if community property even if not in your name.

486

Can you disinherit someone by giving them $1?

487

How probate attorneys get paid.

488

HOR - Why is a trust better than an LLC for real estate distributions?

489

House into trust - here's one thing you should do.

490

What if you can't find the original will?

491

Another reason I hate community property agreements.

492

What happens if you get an inheritance while giver is still alive?

493

Can you record a transfer on death deed after death?

494

Beneficiary designations trump your Will.

495

Cousins witnessed Will. Is it valid?

496

What do you need to do to create a revocable trust?

497

When a bad Will doesn't matter.

498

What deed is needed to transfer to an irrevocable trust?

499

How to get an old dead person off of a property.

500

How do you remove a deceased spouse from real estate?

501

How an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) works.

502

Dead spouse. Income tax. Mortgage.

503

Specificity in your estate plan is REALLY important.

504

Can you put your house into an irrevocable trust?

505

HOR - 2026 estate tax reversion explained.

506

How long does it take to create a revocable trust?

507

All the possible ways to avoid probate.

508

Why I hate Community Property Agreements.

509

3 things I hate about Community Property Agreements.

510

When a bad Will doesn't matter.

511

Is a deed that's not recorded valid?

512

The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.

513

Here's how to use a Medicaid Trust well.

514

What happens if you name Donald Trump as your executor?

515

Death and reverse mortgages explained.

516

How to sell a house with a mortgage on it.

517

How do LLCs give you asset protection?

518

Take care of your parents without messing up medicaid.

519

Do you have to pay capital gains tax on a transfer on a death deed?

520

The end of anonymous LLCs in 2024!

521

How does a house transfer after death with a mortgage on it?

522

Death - inheritance - rise from the dead - what happens?

523

How do you transfer property when multiple generations have died?

524

Creative idea for an anonymous LLC.

525

How do you cancel a life insurance policy someone takes out on you?

526

Beneficiary of a beneficiary, a good will witness?

527

What to do if the Executor dies before probate is over?

528

What if you sue someone and they die?

529

Is a revocable trust still revocable after grantor dies?

530

How long does a trust last?

531

Who gets an inheritance if an heir dies before the decedent?

532

Who picks the trustees of a trust?

533

Should the executor be the one to start probate?

534

How long can a house stay in a trust?

535

Who can start a probate?

536

Estate planning for children with disabilities.

537

Where to store your revocable living trust.

538

Where did the $12.92 million estate tax exemption amount come from?

539

Your estate planning ideas will not save you.

540

Estate planning horror story #2?

541

How do you handle fraudulent real estate transactions?

542

The worst way to transfer assets to your minor children.

543

How I organize LLCs with multiple rental properties.

544

Can you disinherit someone by giving them $1?

545

Is it normal for probate to last 3 years?

546

What if you can't find the original will?

547

Is there annual maintenance when you have a trust?

548

What happens if you get an inheritance while giver is still alive?

549

Why am I talking so fast all the time?

550

Probate alternatives.

551

When a parent dies with real estate, is probate required?

552

Where I go for legal advice.

553

How to get Will if old lawyer has it.

554

Estate tax 101.

555

Cousins witnessed Will. Is it valid?

556

What if forgot to record the transfer on death deed?

557

What do you need to do to create a revocable trust?

558

Real estate is 50-50 if community property even if not in your name.

559

What deed is needed to transfer to an irrevocable trust?

560

How probate attorneys get paid.

561

How an irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT) works.

562

Estate Planning Horror Story #1.

563

When is creative asset protection a good idea?

564

How to back out of a real estate deal.

565

How to keep your estate plan private.

566

When you give a house to someone do the contents go too?

567

When you gift, are capital gains taxes due?

568

Huge mistakes kids make helping elderly parents.

569

What fee does the executor get in a probate?

570

Can the executor distribute assets any way they want?

571

Divorce and revocable trusts - what happens?

572

Home + mortgage + LLC new rules.

573

If you need to update your estate plan DO NOT do this.

574

What if your parents are incapable of managing their money?

575

Deed recording gone wrong!

576

Transfer on death deed to an irrevocable trust?

577

What if your parents are bad with money?

578

Does power of attorney give power now?

579

When is creative asset protection a good idea?

580

Client Profile #181 - Married - Adult kids - Trust.

581

When do you have to pay capital gains tax?

582

What if forget to record the transfer on death deed?

583

Client Profile #180 | Married with minor kids - adding a trust.

584

How to keep your estate plan private.

585

How to back out of a real estate deal.

586

Do you have to pay capital gains when you put a house in a trust?

587

What do you do with a revocable trust after the grantor dies?

588

What to do if you are listed in a Will but haven't been contacted?

589

Client profile #179 - Single | Revocable Trust - Keep it in the family.

590

Here's why parents need estate plans.

591

Estate planning is a lot like wearing a seatbelt.

592

When you give a house to someone do the contents go too?

593

Can you have a separate revocable trust for each of your rental homes?

594

PSA from Sheriff Chris.

595

Client Profile #178 | Married - No Kids - Pets - Charity.

596

You don't need creative asset protection.

597

Am I the owner of a rental house that I put into an LLC and then into a revocable trust?

598

What is the purpose of a generation skipping trust?

599

What to do when a sick spouse is racking up huge medical bills?

600

I need your feedback!

601

Client Profile #177 | Keeping things in the family.

602

How to open a probate when both executors die.

603

If you put your kid on your property you're giving up TREMENDOUS tax savings.

604

What does a Power of Attorney do?

605

Should you ever say no to being the executor of an estate?

606

Inherited property will not always go to your spouse.

607

Do you need an attorney to do probate?

608

Do you need a tax return form in this circumstance?

609

Estate Planning Client Profile #175 | Married couple with minor children.

610

Community property vs joint tenants vs tenants in common.

611

Can you put stuff in a trust before it exists?

612

Can the successor trustee be a beneficiary under the trust?

613

Estate Planning Client Profile #174 - Single - Widowed - Adult Kids.

614

Real estate gifting questions answered.

615

Real estate - what happens if property owners can't agree to sell or not?

616

Probate question - what happens when you give up your parental rights?

617

Being married does NOT mean you don't need a power of attorney.

618

Will adding a kid to a deed trigger the due on sale clause?

619

When you move your house into a trust, do you have to note a sale?

620

What is filial responsibility and should you be worried about it?

621

What happens to student loans when you die?

622

What happens if a will becomes null and void?

623

Is a will valid if made before marriage?

624

How to handle a rogue Trustee.

625

How do you keep them from claiming omitted spouse?

626

How do you find out if there was a will?

627

How do beneficiaries find out they are part of a trust?

628

What happens if you sell something in a revocable living trust?

629

What happens when there are minors in probate?

630

Trust first or LLC first - does it matter?

631

Stopping putting your kids on your real estate.

632

How long do you have to contest a will?

633

Are there any required actions when you receive an inheritance?

634

We are always looking for people to join the team!

635

Stop getting mad at people for spending their own money.

636

How to qualify for Medicaid if you're already in a nursing home.

637

What if the executor doesn't create an inventory?

638

What happens if you sell a home in a revocable living trust?

639

Congratulations Maria!

640

How do you contest a pay on death bank account?

641

The executor of a Will can't just do whatever they want.

642

What happens with real estate and old deaths?

643

What happens when a newlywed dies?

644

What do you do when people are stealing from an estate?

645

What does a Power of Attorney do?

646

How are assets split in a common-law marriage?

647

For estate planning success, do step one first.

648

Probate Notice Rules i.e. 'Who you have to tell about probate'.

649

Does WA State Assault Rifle Ban change estate planning?

650

What to do with bills after someone dies?

651

Cutting your spouse out of your estate? Remember this!

652

One thing NOT to ask your estate planning attorney to do.

653

If married with separate bank accounts, PAY ATTENTION!!!

654

What to do if you can't afford an attorney for probate?

655

Do you need probate for a joint bank account?

656

A revocable living trust does NOT provide asset protection.

657

What is in a basic estate plan?

658

A random reason to have a revocable trust.

659

What happens if not married, with kids, and dying without a will?

660

Can you put a house into a special needs trust?

661

Estate planning and inherited IRAs.

662

What to do if you think the will is fake?

663

Three reasons you need a revocable living trust.

664

What to do if executor doesn't report all assets?

665

What happens if the trustee resigns?

666

The one time to divorce even if you're in love.

667

The best way to take care of kids with disabilities.

668

How to save money if huge medical bills comieup?

669

Does a revocable living trust give you asset protection?

670

Who manages trust assets and distribution?

671

what type of insurance should you get for your house?

672

How to find out if someone had a will?

673

The wrong time to create your estate plan.

674

Should you get an estate planning lawyer in your state?

675

Taylor Swift moved her house into a trust - should I?

676

Should you pay a decedent's medical bills?

677

What happens if only one spouse is on real estate deed?

678

Capital gains tax with a personal residence in an LLC - an example.

679

What happens if you die without a will?

680

Do-it-yourself estate planning is a BAD idea.

681

How do I challenge a trust?

682

How close to death can you change your will?

683

Should you pay a decedents medical bills?

684

Can you probate a bank account with a second account holder?

685

Estate taxes explained in 3 minutes or less.

686

How do you contest a will?

687

What are probate vs non-probate assets?

688

Can the widow change an irrevocable trust?

689

What to do if the attorney charges more than agreed to?

690

What is a Roth 401k?

691

What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?

692

What if the trustee is not doing the work?

693

Who is in charge of trust management and distribution?

694

Probate isn't always the answer.

695

How to avoid probate and taxes if someone has already died?

696

The worst beneficiary designation for retirement accounts.

697

How to keep your estate plan private?

698

The executor of a will doesn't have any power - at first.

699

I Need Your Help - Is this a Good Marketing Idea?

700

Can a husband sign a quit claim deed to his wife?

701

How to find a good attorney?

702

The right way to leave money to your kids when you die.

703

How to give your house to your kids with no tax?

704

Income taxes and irrevocable trusts

705

Your plan is not the place to create a legacy.

706

Who can be a witness on a will?

707

What do you do if there are no assets in an estate and bills to pay?

708

What to do if an executor can't find the will and you think they are lying?

709

Can you make trustees vote on things?

710

What's the best way to transfer crypto after you die.

711

Non-resident alien estate tax rules.

712

How do you get the original trust document?

713

What to do if someone changes their estate plan right before they die?

714

No step-up in basis in a Roth IRA.

715

Are trustees liable for their decisions?

716

What happens if you inherit a house with a mortgage?

717

Can you contest a will if it's just a draft?

718

Can a private trust company provide privacy for your trust?

719

What do you do if an heir dies shortly after the decedent is in probate?

720

What if you find a creditor bill in probate after probate is closed?

721

How I handle a non-responsive executor.

722

You've got gift taxes all wrong.

723

Traveling without kids and estate planning.

724

What is a beneficial interest clause in a will?

725

Your retirement accounts are only half yours.

726

Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 3

727

Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 2

728

Don't use a self-canceling installment note - PART 1

729

People do NOT have to follow your will.

730

Best trust distribution schedule.

731

What does it mean to have a clean title?

732

Your kids are not going to do what you want.

733

Should you move your rental house into an LLC?

734

Alternatives to putting rental house into an LLC.

735

Never put your personal residence into an LLC.

736

No testamentary trusts for minor children.

737

The state does not get your property under any circumstance.

738

An estate plan 99 percent of the way done is 0 percent of the way done.

739

Can the bank call the loan if you put your house in a trust?

740

You are not going to lose your house by putting it into a revocable trust.

741

How to leave one house to many people without causing problems?

742

Spouse dies and is on the deed - What should you do?

743

If you do nothing else with estate planning do this.

744

Leaving money to friends or family for your kids is a terrible idea.

745

How to avoid capital gains tax?

746

The wrong way to make estate plan changes.

747

Should you put your car in your revocable trust?

748

The perfect trust distribution schedule for kids.

749

Should you include foreign property in your US estate plan?

750

Tax rules for inherited 401Ks.

751

The perfect kid trust distribution schedule.

752

Are you in a community property state? Did your marriage end? Here's a sneaky tip to escape sharing

753

What do revocable living trusts provide?

754

Just because they say you need probate doesn't mean you need. Here are some sneaky tips.

755

There is no such thing as right or wrong in estate planning.

756

The downside of medicaid trusts.

757

If your estate planning attorney suggests anything that requires probate, they're taking your money

758

What is probate? Why do people hate it? All of your answers here!

759

What is in a foundational estate plan?

760

How to find a dead person's social security number

761

In estate planning, fairness doesn't exist. It's your money, your life, and you should give your mon

762

#359 3 ways to contest a will or trust

763

Estate Planning 101 - Generation Skipping Transfer

764

A ninja way to create generational wealth.

765

Don't Add Your Kids Onto Your Bank Account for Estate Planning

766

How do you find a dead persons social security number?

767

How to REALLY get privacy out of your trust.

768

What is spindrift clause?

769

Why does a trust need a name?

770

Domestic asset protection trusts are worthless.

771

How trusts are taxed.

772

Revocable living trust does NOT provide asset protection.

773

Probate isn't always the answer.

774

Paying gift taxes is hard.

775

Estate planning and inherited IRAs.

776

There is no step up in basis on an IRA when you die.

777

Easy way to find out if your estate planning attorney sucks.

778

How to double state tax exemption in Washington.

779

Easiest way to mess up your estate plan.

780

In estate planning there is no right or wrong.

781

What is a spendthrift clause?

782

#505 | Estate planning with a blended family.

783

#504 | Estate planning when you have a new kid.

784

#503 | 3 ways to contest a will.

785

#502 | Long or short?

786

#501 | The truth about estate planning.

787

#500 | When should parents include kids in estate plan?

788

#499 | Why does a trust need a name?

789

#498 | Domestic asset protection trusts are worthless.

790

#497 | How to run your biz in an irrevocable trust.

791

#496 | How trusts are taxed.

792

#495 | When to create an irrevocable trust for a 4 year old.

793

#494 | What if someone dies with low assets and high debt?

794

#493 | The choice is yours in estate planning and in LIFE.

795

#492 | How to REALLY get privacy out of your trust.

796

#491 | Why do I wear a suit?

797

#490 | A sneaky way to pay estate taxes with life insurance.

798

#489 | How to cut people out of your will.

799

#488 | Estate planning when kid wants a house but cant afford it.

800

#487 | Why does a trust even need a name.

801

#486 | There is no step up in basis on an IRA when you die.

802

#485 | Easy way to find out if your estate planning attorney sucks.

803

#484 | How trusts are taxed.

804

#482 | Why a will always goes with a trust.

805

#481 | What should you name your revocable trust?

806

#480 | What is an irrevocable asset protection trust?

807

#479 | More fun IRA death facts.

808

$479 | dynasty trust vs generation skipping trust

809

#478 | How to give one house to many people when you die.

810

#477 | Huge revocable living trust mistakes.

811

#476 | Huge revocable living trust mistakes.

812

#475 | If you have a trust why do you need a will?

813

#474 | Rental properties and LLC.

814

#473 | How to fix a messed up probate.

815

#472 | You're not paying for the docs.

816

#471 | Who watched the trustee.

817

#470 | Another reason to have a will.

818

#469 | What is a gun trust?

819

#468 | Don't name your kids trustee of your trust.

820

#467 | Generation skipping trust vs dynasty trust.

821

#466 | Do you have to pay your deceased spouse's credit card bill?

822

#465 | Estate planning for business owners 101.

823

#464 | Who pays debts after death.

824

#463 | Who pays debts after death.

825

#462 | Property transfer nightmare

826

#461 | Copies of your will are useless - mostly.

827

#460 | Probate gone wrong

828

#459 |Infinite banking is GOOD.

829

#558 |Just because you're name executor doesn't mean you are in charge.

830

#457 |How to save thousands on estate tax by giving just a little. . . . .

831

#457 |Why are you waiting to do your estate plan?

832

#456 |Income tax and your revocable tax trust.

833

#361 Dont put your real estate in other peoples names

834

#360 If you pay your estate planning attorney by the hour you're a a sucker.

835

#359 Divorce + Estate planning

836

#358 Three reasons to have a prenup.

837

#357 Estate planning and divorce.

838

#356 Should rich people have to pay estate taxes?

839

#355 What is a gun trust?

840

#354 Queen Elizabeth plays the game!

841

#353 Traveling without kids worry free.

842

#352 Even attorneys use attorneys.

843

#351 Estate planning with foreign property.

844

#350 When do you have to pay gift tax?

845

#349 Revocable living trust maintenance

846

#348 5 Estate Planning Attorney Red Flags

847

#347 Estate tax vs capital gains tax

848

#346 What estate plan do estate planning attorneys have?

849

#345 Estate planning if you are a green card holder

850

#344 Today's estate planning PSA.

851

#343 How LLCs and Trusts work together

852

#342 Do you need an attorney to make a Will?

853

#341 What is in a basic estate plan and why is it important?

854

#340 What Does a Will Do?

855

#339 Why is estate planning so hard to get done?

856

#338 What is a general power of appointment?

857

#337 Do you love your kids? A quiz.

858

#337 5 estate planning attorney red flags

859

#336 Estate planning 101 - quick and dirty.

860

#334 Probate is easy (not)

861

#333 3 elements of a valid will

862

#332 What is a Qtip trust?

863

#331 What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?

864

#330 Can the bank enforce due on sale clause for an inherited property?

865

#329 How to transfer real estate with no probate, no trust, and no tax

866

#328 Why avoid probate.

867

#327 What is estate planning?

868

#326 20% tax or 40% tax?

869

#325 Downsides of a SLAT

870

#324 What is a SLAT

871

#323 What to do if your probate executor is behaving badly

872

#322 How to avoid probate WITHOUT a trust

873

#321 The WORST place to store your estate plan

874

#320 How to create sub-trusts

875

#319 3 reasons to have a revocable living trust

876

#318 Limitation of a will

877

#317 The WRONG way to update your estate plan.

878

#316 Fancy estate planning binders are a distraction.

879

#315 Do you need a business power of attorney?

880

#314 Estate Taxes Explained (again)

881

#313 Alternative to probate to transfer real estate

882

#312 How to avoid probate with real estate

883

#311 What is portability?

884

#310 How to transfer NFTs to heirs

885

#309 How much asset protection do you need?

886

#308 The biggest creditor your estate will face

887

#307 Who gets to see a will?

888

#306 How long do your estate planning docs last?

889

#305 What is a dynasty trust?

890

#304 Estate planning document storage tips.

891

#303 Don't give your house to your kids to beat Medicaid

892

#302 Why I'm rethinking my stance on medicaid trusts.

893

#301 How much should you pay your executor and/or trustee?

894

#300 Don't give money to people for the benefit of other people

895

#299 5 signs your estate planning attorney is no good

896

#298 WA State Estate tax change that MATTERS

897

#297 The 2 limitations of a will

898

#296 Do I need a testamentary trust?

899

#295 Your trust doesn't own anything

900

#294 Estate planning and divorce

901

#293 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust - GRAT - Explained

902

#292 How to gift to reduce estate taxes

903

#291 Why are revocable living trusts so long?

904

#290 3 reasons not to leave your kids an inheritance

905

#289 Credit Shelter Trust in Pictures

906

#288 Welcome to 2022!

907

#287 How to Fund a Testamentary Trust

908

#286 Another IRA + Estate Tax Strategy

909

#285 How to stretch an IRA with a charitable remainder trust

910

#284 What is the Unlimted Marital Deduction?

911

#283 Real estate in trust - how to sell or refi.

912

#283 Real estate in trust - how to sell or refi.

913

#282 Estate Taxes and the Unlimited Marital Deduction.

914

#281 Foreign Assets and US Estate Planning.

915

#280 What is a QTIP Trust and Can It Help With Estate Taxes?

916

#279 Update on Biden's Proposed Estate Tax Law Changes

917

#278 How to Give Retirement Accounts to Charity the Right Way

918

#277 | What is a Ladybird Deed

919

#276 Trust Distributions Gone Wrong

920

#275 The Info Source Matters

921

#274 Business Succession Planning 101

922

#273 Right Place Wrong Time

923

#272 How to Choose a Trustee

924

#271 Green Card Holders and Probate

925

#270 Avoid the Estate Planning Rabbit Hole

926

#269 How to Dispose of Old Estate Planning Docs

927

#268 Revocable Living Trust Maintenance Fees

928

#267 Life Insurance and Estate Taxes

929

#266 How Do You Close a Trust?

930

#265 Can You Put Extra Assets Into a Trust?

931

#264 Power of Attorney vs Executor

932

#263 Does Marriage Affect Estate Planning?

933

#262 Inheritances and Taxes

934

#261 What Happens if You Die Without a Will

935

#260 How to Own Real Estate Anonymously

936

#259 Tax Implications of Gifting Real Estate

937

#258 Where Should I Store My Estate Plan

938

#257 Why Would a Single Person Want a Trust

939

#256 It's Not Your Money

940

#255 Gifting in Washington State.

941

#254 How Can You Be Sure the Trustee is Doing Their Job

942

#253 How Long do You have to Contest a Will

943

#252 Estate Planning for Non-Married Couples

944

#251 What if an Heir Dies While Probate Still Ongoing

945

#250 What is a Dynasty Trust?

946

#249 Are Mutual Wills a Good Idea?

947

#248 | General Power of Appointment vs Limited Power of Appointment

948

#247 Can a Joint Account Holder Change a Pay on Death Designation?

949

#246 Do Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts Work Together?

950

#245 When Someone Dies do You HAVE to Liquidate Investments?

951

#244 Should You be Worried About Biden's Estate Tax Proposal?

952

#243 Hold Property in Joint Tenancy or Tenants in Common

953

#242 What Happens with an IRA that goes through Probate?

954

#241 Is Do Not Resuscitate Part of Estate Planning?

955

#240 What Happens if No Beneficiary is on Your Account

956

#239 How Many Different Types of Irrevocable Trusts Are There

957

#238 Beneficiary Designations and Wills

958

#237 Don't Forget Sports Tickets and Points When Estate Planning

959

#236 Why are Trusts so Long

960

#235 Does Anyone Ever WANT a Probate?

961

#234 The WRONG Way to Update Your Estate Plan

962

#233 Is Trust Management Difficult?

963

#232 Are We Losing the Step-Up in Basis?

964

#231 Can the Probate Court Change Your Will

965

#230 You Don't Have to Stick with One Lawyer

966

#229 When is an Estate Tax Return Required

967

#228 Do We HAVE to Follow the Will or Trust?

968

#227 How to Distribute Assets to Match Someone's Wishes

969

#226 Estate Planning and Cryptocurrency

970

#225 There is No Inheritance Tax in WA State

971

#224 Charitable Remainder Trusts Part 2 - CRAT Requirements

972

#223 Charitable Remainder Trusts Part 1

973

#222 Remember - Retirement Accounts are Joint Property

974

#221 Capital Gains Tax vs Estate Tax

975

#220 Easy Way to Lower and Create Liquid Assets for Estate Taxes

976

#219 Who is in Charge when You Vacation without the Kids

977

#218 Separate property and trust planning

978

#217 Asset Protection in a Nutshell

979

#216 How does a prenup effect estate planning?

980

#215 Do you really need a community property agreement

981

#214 Attorney Expectations

982

#213 Two types of Special needs trusts

983

#212 Do I Ever Need Two Trusts?

984

#211 Why You Shouldn't Worry About Biden's Tax Proposals (yet)

985

#210 Why are Legal Services so Expensive?

986

#209 Do I Need a Will When I Have a Trust

987

#208 Do Beneficiary Designations in Estate Planning Negate a Will?

988

#207 Revocable Living Trusts Explained

989

#206 Estate Planning 101

990

#205 Estate Planning with Real Estate with Multiple Heirs

991

#204 Do You Owe Excise Taxes on Real Estate Transfers to You Trust.

992

#203 Divorce and Estate Planning

993

#202 |Why Revocable Living Trusts Do Not Provide Asset Protection

994

#201 | Will a Revocable Living Trust Mess Up My Refi

995

#203 | The best Christmas gift you can give

996

#202 | Three ways to contest a will or trust

997

#201 | Don't quitclaim deed your property to your kids

998

#200 | Banking and your revocable living trust

999

#199 | How estate planning can get complicated even when it seems simple

1000

#198 | Zappos CEO Tony Hseih didn't have a will. Maybe he didn't need one

1001

#197 | Reminder you are not the executor until the court appoints you

1002

#196 | Estate planning and the "silent" real estate owner

1003

#195 | What is a charitable remainder trust?

1004

#194 | How to approach complex estate planning

1005

#193 | Marital Trust vs. Credit Shelter Trust

1006

#192 | What to do when you have a bad day

1007

#191 | When to Worry About Estate Tax Laws Changing

1008

#190 | What MOST People Do For Estate Planning

1009

#189 | How Many Estate Plan Backups Do I Need?

1010

#188 | Does the Will Automatically Make You the Personal Representative?

1011

#187 | "Probate Estate" and the Small Estate Affidavit

1012

#186 | Probate - Do I Owe Inheritance Tax?

1013

#185 | Spouse or Boyfriend Dies - Do You Need Probate?

1014

#184 | Probate - Do Have to Follow the Will?

1015

#183 | A Simple (but not easy) Way to Avoid WA State Estate Taxes

1016

#182 | How to Gently Let Down Your Second Choice for Guardian of Your Children

1017

#181 | Important Trust Funding Considerations

1018

#180 | Do Blended Families Need a Trust

1019

#179 | The Probate Process Explained

1020

#178 | The Probate Process Explained

1021

#177 | In Probate What Happens When There is No Will

1022

#176 | How does trust administration work?

1023

#175 | In probate, what happens if there is no will

1024

#174 | How does the probate process work?

1025

#173 | Do blended families NEED a trust?

1026

#172 | In Probate, What Are "Letters"?

1027

#171 | Probate: what's it cost?

1028

#170 | Probate - how much does it cost?

1029

#169 | In probate is the executor personally responsible for the debts of the estate?

1030

#168 | When is probate REQUIRED?

1031

#167 | What is probate?

1032

#166 | I just bought/sold a house. Do I need to update my estate plan?.

1033

#165 | Who can open a probate?

1034

#164 | Do you need to update your will when you have another kid?

1035

#163 | How are retirement accounts treated for non-spouses in estate planning?

1036

#162 | Considerations for gifts to the elderly.

1037

#161 | Can you name different people to different estate planning positions?

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#160 | The first step when updating your estate plan.

1039

#159 | Purchasing property when you have a trust.

1040

#158 | Estate planning for police officers.

1041

#157 | If you're going to be the Personal Representative prepare to do the work.

1042

#156 | Do you need to update your will when you get married?

1043

#155 | Beware the estate planning rabbit hole.

1044

#154 | Does my revocable trust give me asset protection?

1045

#153 | How to handle grumpy beneficiaries.

1046

#152 | Should I try to replace my parent's power of attorney?

1047

#151 | To build a sound house, start with the foundation.

1048

#150 | The kind of legacy money can't buy.

1049

#149 | What's the asset minimum for needing a trust?

1050

#148 | How to give access to bank accounts.

1051

#147 | Blended family estate planning considerations.

1052

#146 | Estate planning stress test?.

1053

#145 | Thinking of giving money to someone to take care of someone else? Think again.

1054

#144 | What if you're named executor and you don't want to do it?

1055

#143 | Why I don't like testamentary trusts (and what to do about it).

1056

#142 | Can you create a will if you're under 18?

1057

#141 | Passing down safety deposit boxes.

1058

#140 | Tip for real estate in trusts.

1059

#139 | Do you REALLY have to follow the trust?

1060

#138 | What is a Crummey letter?.

1061

#137 | The importance of structuring your bequests prudently.

1062

#136 | Be careful of looking too far out when estate planning..

1063

#135 | Is it ever too late to do estate planning?

1064

#134 | The dangers of holding real estate in one person's name.

1065

#133 | How often should you update your estate plan?

1066

#132 | Can you handwrite changes on your will?

1067

#131 | Business owners and estate planning - two considerations.

1068

#130 | What is a step-up in basis (and why is it important in estate planning)?

1069

#129 | What is the generation skipping tax?

1070

#128 | Don't forget the final step!

1071

#127 | Should I even start estate planning right now given the "shelter at home" order?

1072

#126 | The WRONG time to get estate planning.

1073

#125 | Why is it so hard to create an estate plan?

1074

#124 | Who needs estate planning?

1075

#123 | 5 things a revocable trust can do that a Will can't.

1076

#122 | Does everyone need a power of attorney?

1077

#121 | What is probate and why do people want to avoid it?

1078

#120 | Do I need to worry about estate taxes?

1079

#119 | Does a revocable trust give you asset protection?

1080

#118 | What goes into a basic estate plan?

1081

#117 | How to keep your trust private.

1082

#116 | Important tip if divorced but still want to give your ex something when you die.

1083

#115 | Why estate planning is important if you're not married but have a significant other.

1084

#114 | Rental properties and estate planning.

1085

#113 | Do handwritten wills work?

1086

#112 | How to get your inheritance faster.

1087

#111 | Caronavirus just another reason to get your estate plan done.

1088

#110 | Can a will be witnessed after the fact?

1089

#109 | Estate planning and non-citizen spouses.

1090

#108 | Is changing trustees of a trust hard?

1091

#107 | Do I have to explain my estate planning choices?

1092

#106 | Do I have to update my trust when I buy new property?

1093

#105 | Life insurance beneficiary unintended consequences.

1094

#104 | How do you sell your home if it's in a trust?

1095

#103 | Sometimes you just want a trust.

1096

#102 | Stop listening to people that don't know what they are talking about

1097

#101 | What to do if your PR (executor) dies

1098

#100 | What makes an estate insolvent? And why does it matter?

1099

#099 | One way to make your estate planning easier.

1100

#098 | Three elements of a valid will

1101

#097 | Does everyone need a will?

1102

#096 | An easy way to pay for Washington State estate taxes

1103

#095 | The copter crash isn't the point

1104

#094 | Don't worry about what other people are doing

1105

Estate planning and bank accounts..

1106

Two reasons to do your estate planning now (warning - sad, but for different reasons)

1107

The most important estate planning document if you're over 65 years old

1108

Benefits and costs of a living trust..

1109

"People do it because they love their kids", I said in sarcasm (sort of)....

1110

"People do it because they love their kids", I said in sarcasm (sort of)....

1111

Why I don't do testamentary trusts..

1112

Where should you store your will?

1113

Are your people growing?

1114

How much do you actually love your family?.

1115

When can I start using my trust?

1116

Execution is everything..

1117

Execution is everything in estate planning.

1118

An easy way to avoid Washington State Estate taxes..

1119

What are you really paying an estate plannng attorney for?

1120

The biggest mistake you can make with your trust

1121

Am I on the hook personally for trust debts?

1122

What happens if you lose your will?

1123

Probate tip: stop paying (most) bills after death

1124

Stop putting your kids on your deeds!

1125

Does retitling your house in the name of your spouse give it to them?

1126

Does retitling your house in the name of your spouse give it to them?.

1127

Are you SURE my single member LLC provides asset protection?

1128

I don't know everything...

1129

Why we do all of this.

1130

How to give gifts to people you don't trust with the gift?

1131

Estate planning is NOT death planning..

1132

Should you update old beneficiary designations?.

1133

Look to the document for the answers

1134

What happens if my estate plan burns up in a fire?

1135

Are testamentary trusts a scam?

1136

Do you need $10 million in assets to create a trust?

1137

The two situations estate planning covers..

1138

I don't understand legal jargon!!!

1139

Do you have to know all of your assets to create an estate plan?

1140

Avoiding probate when you have out of state property..

1141

Elder law vs estate planning..

1142

An important function of wills..

1143

When does a power of attorney end?

1144

how to make sure your people can get to your electronic stuff if they need to...

1145

4th of July thoughts...

1146

Thoughts on controlling your guardians from the grave...

1147

How to take care of your non-biological peeps

1148

Estate taxes explained quick and dirty.

1149

Estate planning and retirement accounts

1150

Is your power of attorney up to date?

1151

One way to make sure your kid's crazy spouse doesn't spend all of the inheritance..

1152

One big reason to do estate planning....

1153

Instagram answer! Can you switch out a note for assets in a decedents trust?

1154

5 ways to avoid probate that don't include a trust....

1155

What happens if you don't have a will? .

1156

A tragic story and lessons learned...

1157

The fallacy of "fair."

1158

How to avoid excise tax AND capital gains tax by gifting your house while you're alive (even if you

1159

Where should you store your will?