Archive for April, 2010

4 Steps to Effective Estate Planning

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

How to Control Your Assets through an Effective Estate PlanWhat is estate planning?It is planning (setting out a series of steps beforehand to accomplish a particular objective) your estate (the titling, control, and eventual transfer of all of your stuff to others).Estate planning is done by working out how your ...

What is the the Buy-Sell Agreement Between Business Partners?

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

The sudden death of a shareholder in a closely held corporation can be a significant loss to the company's on-going operations. It will leave a hole in the management team and could cause severe strain in decisions made by the surviving partners and new partner. The death of an important ...

An Introduction to the Living Trust

Friday, April 16th, 2010

First of all, what is a "living trust"? Basically, a living trust is a legal entity that you can move your assets into for various reasons, including to avoid probate after you pass away. Also, if desired, the assets in your living trust can be controlled by another person. The ...