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Savvy Estate Planning — 165 episodes

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Why Do BUSINESS OWNERS Need a Living Trust?

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Why Parents and Homeowners NEED a Living Trust!

3

Retiring in California vs Retiring in Texas

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Long Term Care Awareness: Planning for Care, Costs, and Control

5

How to Retire & Support Your children

6

Estate Planning for a $50 Million Estate

7

Who Needs a Living Trust?

8

If Someone Dies with DEBT... Who Pays It?

9

Estate Planning for $15M Estate

10

Oil and Gas Investing Explained! Tax Benefits for High Earners

11

Before Selling or Merging a Law Practice in California... Watch THIS!

12

Asset Protection and the Corporate Veil

13

How to Keep Assets Private & PROTECT them from Creditors

14

Income Tax is a Hidden DEATH Tax!

15

Retiring in California: How Does it Work and Is it for You?

16

How to put REAL ESTATE and BANK ACCOUNTS in a Living Trust!

17

Estate Planning for Homeowners With PROP 19: Some GOOD News

18

Income Tax Reduction Strategies for Professionals & 1099 Earners

19

How to Pass on Real Estate Under Prop 19

20

Home & Family Farm Owners: CA PROP 19 Strategies to SAVE Prop 13 Tax Caps

21

Millennials & Their Families: HOT Estate Planning Topics

22

Top Seven Estate Planning Strategies to GUARD Family Harmony

23

Inheritance STRATEGIES for Your Wealthy Children

24

Inheritance Planning? Are YOU Ready to Inherit?

25

Selling or Merging a Law Practice in California

26

Can Income Tax Planning Lower Your Income Taxes?

27

Building a Sellable Law Firm!

28

Estate Tax Exemption Sunset 2026: Portability and IDGT Explained

29

How to Buy Out a Sibling and Avoid Prop 19 Reassessment!

30

Income Tax Reduction Strategies for Professionals & 1099 Earners

31

Medi-Cal Changes in 2026: Plan Before It’s Too Late

32

Maximize Charitable Giving and Cut Taxes!

33

The Hidden Tax Break in U.S. Energy

34

Retiring Abroad vs Retiring in California!

35

Estate Planning for a $1 Million Dollar Estate

36

Get Your Will, Trust and Business in Order: New Year, New Plan

37

How ADUs and Prop 19 Work Together for Estate Lawyers

38

How Long does Probate Take?... a LONG Time!

39

Dying Without a Will EXPLAINED!

40

Prop 19 Loopholes! How to Keep Low Prop 13 Taxes

41

95% Tax on Inherited IRAs and How to AVOID it!

42

What Happens to Real Estate Without Planning?

43

CA Prop 19: REAL EXAMPLES of Impacts on Property Taxes!

44

Financial Success in 2026: Economic Trends Insights

45

Estate Planning for Second Marriages in California

46

TYPES OF TRUSTS: Irrevocable vs Revocable Trusts?

47

What is Power of Attorney? Why are there so many?

48

How do Attorneys Charge?

49

Retiring in California: Financial Planning & RMD Strategies

50

Insider Tips for Financial Freedom

51

Revocable Living Trust: Why You NEED One

52

How to set up a charitable trust!

53

What Homeowners Should Know about Prop 19

54

Small Business Lawyer: Do You NEED One?

55

10 Mistakes Business Owners Make

56

The LLC Advantage: Liability Protection!

57

A Secret Weapon Against Taxes and Creditor Threats...Trusts!

58

What is Probate? Unmask the Hidden Threat to Your Estate!

59

Revocable Trusts for Families, Pets & Special Needs

60

Inside A Legal Consult! What Happens When You Meet a Lawyer?

61

Irrevocable Trusts for Asset Protection (with examples)!

62

The Big Beautiful Bill EXPLAINED!

63

California Retirement Pitfalls to LOOK OUT For!

64

Remarried? Blended Family? CRITICAL Estate Planning Issues

65

Capital Gains is a HIDDEN Death Tax!

66

Build Back Better TAX PLANNING 62.1% Tax Rate!

67

Hidden Taxes When You Inherit

68

Difference between a Trust and a Will!

69

Do you have a GOOD Living Trust?

70

Family Estate Plan MEETING: CA PROP 19 Inheritance Tips

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Inheritance STRATEGIES for Your Wealthy Children

72

ANALYSIS for Estate, Financial Planning 2021: New Laws in CA

73

Strategic Financial & Estate CHOICES at Age 60, 70, or 80: Retirement

74

Hiring Caregivers for Parents in CA: BEWARE Liability, Risk

75

Community Property VS Separate Property? - Estate Problems

76

Will My Spouse and Kids Inherit Everything?

77

What to do with Real Estate in a Living Trust?

78

Why should you RETIRE in California?

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How to CUT Your Tax Bill When Selling Real Property

80

Why RETIRING IN CALIFORNIA May Actually Be a Smart Idea

81

Is Adding Your Child to Your Title a Bad Idea?

82

Don't Get Trapped: Spotting the Signs of a BAD Living Trust

83

RETHINK Your California Retirement Planning Strategy

84

How to Screw Up an Estate: Will and Trust Disasters

85

Top 10 MISTAKES Handling Aging Parents’ Affairs: Estate Planning Tips!

86

PROTECT a Child’s INHERITANCE from Future Ex-Spouse: Estate Planning Tips!

87

What is an AB Trust?

88

5 Top Strategies to AVOID Death Taxes

89

Prop 13 California: How it Benefits us Today

90

Advanced Strategies to Lower YOUR Income Taxes: Tax Tips!

91

How to Buy Out Sibling & PRESERVE Prop 13 if Parents Pass: Prop 19

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CA PROP 19 LEGAL STRATEGIES: Preserve CA Prop 13 Estate Planning

93

ADVANCED Tax Strategies-- Successes & Catastrophes

94

LEAVE California to Retire? Is the Grass Really Greener? TIP

95

Savvy Estate Planning: Avoid the Top 10 MISTAKES

96

Joint vs Separate Living Trust: What’s Right for YOU

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Savvy Estate Planning: Avoid the Top 10 MISTAKES

98

What Do I Do If I SUDDENLY Become a Successor Trustee?

99

Special Needs Trusts: A Lifeline for Your Loved One's Future

100

Multi-Generational Estate Planning: LONG-TERM TIPS

101

What is Estate Planning? Avoid Probate, Save Taxes & Protect Your Legacy

102

How Do Trusts WORK?

103

Real Estate Investing... NOT in California!

104

Selling a Family Business? Don’t Ignore Tax Issues!

105

What NOT to Put in Your Living Trust

106

How Can Successor Trustees Get PAID?

107

How to Best Own Investment Real Estate: LLCs, Joint Tenancy, Trusts?

108

What is a Living Trust? Living Trusts EXPLAINED

109

Strategies to Help Your Child BUY A HOME: Gift, Title, Will & Trust

110

Gifting Money to Family: Savvy Estate Planning

111

How Wealthy People Structure Estates to Reduce Taxes

112

CA Prop 19 URGENT Property Owner Actions: Save Your Prop 13!

113

How to Avoid and Defer Capital Gains Tax

114

Do Your Adult Children Know WHAT TO DO When You Die?

115

How to PREPARE Financially for the Death of a Spouse

116

Navigating PROBATE from JUDGE'S PERSPECTIVE: Estate Planning

117

ADVANCED Estate Planning for High Net Worth Families: Tax Tips

118

Donor Advised Funds vs Private Foundations

119

Asset Protection in CA: NEW ERA in PRPs, Homestead Exemption

120

When Should You Have a Comprehensive Financial Plan?

121

Taxes be GONE: Charitable Trusts, Giving in Estate Planning

122

2026 Estate Tax Exemption Sunset: Opportunities and Risks for Your Estate Plan

123

What If My Spouse Remarries? Protecting Your Kids After You’re Gone

124

When and How to PROBATE Real Estate Properties in California!

125

Trust Administration Attorney: What is it and Do You REALLY Need an Expert?

126

Estate Planning Documents CRITICAL By 55 - Avoid Squabbles

127

AB Trusts: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

128

How to Leave Your Kids a Fortune Without Ruining Their Lives!

129

What is a Trust Protector and Do I NEED One? Estate Planning Tips

130

Trustees AT RISK – How to Avoid Being Sued or Even Jailed

131

Uncover Hidden Traps in Your Living Trust: Virtual WORKSHOP!

132

Passive Income Streams: Thinking beyond real estate

133

Prop 19 California: What is it?

134

Oil and Gas Investing is A Tax Mitigation Strategy

135

Business Owners: KEY Estate & Tax Planning Issues

136

Hidden Legal TRAPS for California Residential Rental Landlords: Real Estate Tips

137

Dying WITHOUT a Will: Intestate Succession California

138

What is the cost of probate in California?

139

What to DO with Real Estate After Somebody Dies?

140

Roles of People Named in a Trust: Trustees, Beneficiaries, & More

141

Independent Trustee: Should you have one for your Living Trust?

142

What Will Updating a Living Trust Cost and WHY?

143

Dynasty Trusts: Not Just for the Super Rich!

144

Funding a Living Trust: 5 Ways!

145

How to ADMINISTER a Trust After Loved One Dies: Step-by-Step Guide

146

What HAPPENS in a Trust After Death or Incapacity?

147

Trust Administration Checklist CALIFORNIA

148

Using an LLC for Real Estate Investing: The Ultimate Guide

149

LLC vs Corporation: Which Is BEST for My Business?

150

Why & HOW to Use an LLC for Real Estate Investing in CA

151

The True Cost of RETIRING in California: What You Need To Know

152

FUNDAMENTALS to Get Started on a Living Trust: Estate Tips!

153

Prop 19 Loopholes: Setting Your Family Up for Prop 13 Success

154

Probate Process From Start To Finish

155

Estate Planning for Widows & Widowers: When Your Spouse Dies

156

Right and Wrong Things to Do When You INHERIT Money

157

Retiring in California: Pros and Cons

158

The Top Ten Estate Planning MISTAKES: Avoid Disaster! Tips

159

Living Trust COST and WHY?

160

California Probate: Costs, Navigation, and Probate Alternatives

161

Settling a Trust After Death: Dissolving a Trust!

162

What to DO with Real Estate After Somebody Dies?

163

Difference between a Trust and a Will!

164

Why You Shouldn’t Add Your Child to Your Title on Your House

165

How Much Does a Living Trust Cost in 2025?