July 11, 2013
Summer Buying and Selling by Phil Runyon
Summer Buying and Selling Summer is traditionally the time of year when the real estate market heats up, and people make a concerted push to actively market wha...
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May 22, 2013
Making it Clear and Keeping the Peace by Phil Runyon
Making it Clear and Keeping the Peace Let's face it, most people's planning decisions are more vanilla than Cherry Garcia. They just want to provide for their s...
May 1, 2013
Time for a Trust Tune-up? by Phil Runyon
Time for a Trust Tune-up? Now that the dust is settling on the new tax law, and the rules have become as permanent as anything can be in Washington, it's pretty...
April 23, 2013
Tips for a Better Spring by Phil Runyon
Tips for a Better Spring As I've mentioned before, I have a unique perspective on these issues that may be of some help to you and your mobile progeny, so feel...
April 5, 2013
HIPAA Compliance by Phil Runyon
HIPAA Compliance If I've had anything to do with your planning, most of you have completed Health Care Directives, to give a trusted person the ability to make...
March 20, 2013
More About Organization by Phil Runyon
More About Organization Whenever we lose someone important to us, particularly when it happens suddenly and too soon, we eventually think about whether we'd be...
February 22, 2013
Deductive Thinking by Phil Runyon
Deductive Thinking Maybe you're taking an exploratory peak at your income tax return and trying to see whether all those fiscal cliff shenanigans really ended u...
February 8, 2013
A Unique Idea by Phil Runyon
A Unique Idea I've mentioned a number of times that we can all make annual gifts to our family members without incurring any gift tax consequences, if we restri...
November 16, 2012
Stay Safe and Healthy for the Holidays by Phil Runyon
Stay Safe and Healthy for the Holidays You don't need me to tell you that one of the main challenges this time of year is fighting off all the calories that com...
November 1, 2012
Food For Year-End Thought by Phil Runyon
Food For Year-End Thought We've got about 2 months to go before the end of the year, which is when all our current estate and gift tax goodies are due to expire...
September 28, 2012
Reverse Mortgages Decoded by Phil Runyon
Reverse Mortgages Decoded Many people have heard of reverse mortgages, but few people seem to know how they really work. Here's the scoop. In order to qualify f...
September 14, 2012
Still More Decisions! by Phil Runyon
Still More Decisions! Recently, I passed on some thoughts about how to assess and choose the right folks to act for you if you're unable to tend to business you...
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