Month: October 2019

Estate planning terms defined

We’ve talked about the importance of having a will and protecting your assets in a trust. When speaking of estate planning and of the people named to ensure our wishes are carried out there are many terms we use. Some people use the terms interchangeably. But...

5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Dentists

Most of us have been to a dentist. You may have anxiety about having your teeth drilled. Or you may, unlike Tom Hanks’s FedEx executive character Chuck Noland in the movie Cast Away, be ever thankful you have a dentist readily accessible to keep your pearly...

What happens if you die without a will?

Most of us plan to make a will, at some point. Some of us even think that it might be a good ideas to put the house or cabin in a trust. If we have kids under 18 we may have even, before a trip, thought about who should act as guardians if the unthinkable were to...

Eight basic elements of a business plan

In today’s competitive marketplace, it takes more than just a good idea to stand out in the crowd. Launching and managing a business is hard work, and it can be risky. The best defense is a good offense, and that starts with writing a business plan. A business...