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Your Teen Working This Summer? Fund Their Roth IRA.
Your Teen Working This Summer? Fund Their Roth IRA.

Roth IRA for Kids can save for retirement, qualified educational expenses and introduce personal investing.

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College Planning, Investing, Retirement Planning, Retirement, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownSandwichers, Beneficiaries, children, College, Contribution Limits, Children, College Planning, Financial Planning, Financial Aid, FAFSA, EFC, family, Financial Independence, Education, grandchildren, Gifting, IRAs, Investing, Raising Kids, Kids, Local Town Pages, Multi-Generational Planning, Minors, Roth IRA, Goals, Priorities, Retirement, Traditional IRA, Teenager, Savings, Tax Planning, Your Money Your Independence, Expected Family Contribution, taxes, IRA Contributions, Taxes, tax planning
Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.
Take this job and shove it!? Measure twice, cut once.

May be good reasons to change jobs or quit, best to remove emotions and seek validation before resignation.

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Budgeting, Work Benefits, Small Business, Your $ Your Independence, Retirement PlanningGlenn BrownSandwichers, Budget, Best Practice, Debt Management, children, Cash Flows, Local Town Pages, Employee Benefits, Economy, Economics, Work Benefits, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, family, FSA Dependent Care, Financial Independence, WFH, Goals, Health Plans, HELOC, Healthcare, Health, Home Office, Inflation, Income Streams, IRA Withdrawals, Raising Kids, Life Insurance, Mortgage, Interest Rates, House, Priorities, Refinancing, Retirement, Savings, Spending, Tax Planning, Your Money Your Independence, taxes, Taxes, tax planning, Year-End
Zoom Your Estate Planning
Zoom Your Estate Planning

Technology and legislation are removing procrastination from developing your holistic estate plan.



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Estate Planning, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownAging Parents, attorney, Sandwichers, Tax Planning, taxes, Taxes, Beneficiaries, Best Practice, children, Children, College Planning, Caring for aging parents, David Feakes, death, Death Tax, designation, Estate Tax, Estate Planning, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, family, grandchildren, Guardianship, Gifting, guardians, Health, Joint Property, Raising Kids, Kids, Local Town Pages, Life Insurance, Multi-Generational Planning, inheritance, POAs, House, Teenager, Your Money Your Independence, Trusts, Trustee, Stretch IRA, Will
2020 - The Worst Year Ever… Really?
2020 - The Worst Year Ever… Really?

Turn down the hyperbole, 2020 offered great opportunities to refinance, save, invest, WFH, and focus on your why.

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Your $ Your Independence, Retirement Planning, Retirement, Debt Management, Estate Planning, Insurance, Budgeting, Tax Planning, Small Business, InvestingGlenn BrownAging Parents, Asset Allocation, Sandwichers, Tax Planning, Savings, Trusts, Tax Deadlines, taxes, Technology, Best Practice, Budget, Rebalancing, Debt Management, Cash Flows, Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Economy, family, Financial Planning, Focus on your why, Goals, Health, House, Interest Rates, Investing, Investment Management, Will, 401(k), Raising Kids, Kids, Experience Spending, Life Insurance, Local Town Pages, College Refunds, Mortgage, Markets, Roth IRA, Priorities, Required Minimum Distributions, Home Equity Line of Credit, Refinancing, Retirement, Roth Conversion, IRAs, Student Debt, Student Loans, CARES Act, children, Caring for aging parents, Traditional IRA, Total Return, Taxes, Your Money Your Independence
Your HS Junior know EFC, NPC or Merit? They should.
Your HS Junior know EFC, NPC or Merit? They should.

College Planning is more than 529s and student loans, focus on how to take less of each.

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College Planning, Debt Management, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownSandwichers, Best Practice, Budget, Debt Management, Education, FAFSA, family, Merit Scholarships, High School Students, College Planning, College, Tuition, EFC, Expected Family Contribution, Grants, grandchildren, Teenager, children, Financial Planning, Financial Aid, guardians, Goals, Raising Kids, Kids, Local Town Pages, HELOC, Minors, NPC, Net Price Calculators, ROI, Priorities, Savings, Student Debt, Student Loans, Your Money Your Independence
Why worry or fight? Have the money talks without the walk.
Why worry or fight? Have the money talks without the walk.

How to have open discussions about finances for a healthy relationship.

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Budgeting, Debt Management, Insurance, Investing, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownSandwichers, Budget, Best Practice, Debt Management, children, Cash Flows, Financial Planning, Financial Independence, family, Focus on your why, Goals, Health, Joy, Raising Kids, Priorities, Retirement, Savings, Spending, Your Money Your Independence, Local Town Pages
Be Proactive and Less Reactive
Be Proactive and Less Reactive

Big picture opportunities for 3 RE’s: Refinance, Rebalance and Reset.

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Budgeting, Your $ Your Independence, Tax Planning, Retirement, Retirement Planning, InvestingGlenn BrownAsset Allocation, Capital Gains, Tax Planning, Budget, Economy, Focus on your why, Financial Planning, Fee-Only Fiduciary, family, House, Mortgage, Rebalancing, Refinancing, Investing, Investment Management, Roth Conversion, Retirement, Markets, 401(k), Local Town Pages, Interest Rates, Income Streams, Portfolios, Priorities, Raising Kids, Roth IRA, Savings, Student Debt, Student Loans, Total Return, Your Money Your Independence, Your Money, Dividend Growth, Yield Curve, Yield-To-Maturity, Yields, Wash Sale, Tax-Loss Harvesting, taxes
The SECURE Act: Congress spins “Taxman” for next generation
The SECURE Act: Congress spins “Taxman” for next generation

New 10-Year Rule eliminates waiting for taxes and forces assets out of Roth IRAs.

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Estate Planning, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Work Benefits, Your $ Your IndependenceGlenn BrownAging Parents, Tax Planning, Savings, Beneficiaries, Best Practice, taxes, tax planning, Estate Planning, children, designation, death, Employee Benefits, Financial Planning, family, Guardianship, Gifting, IRAs, inheritance, Minors, Kids, Will, 401(k), Work Benefits, Raising Kids, Local Town Pages, Multi-Generational Planning, RMD, SECURE Act, Roth IRA, Required Minimum Distributions, Retirement, Roth Conversion, Trusts, Trustee, Traditional IRA, Teenager, Sandwichers, Your Money Your Independence, Estate Tax, Your Money
Ten Years Gone: People Evolve, Plans Should Too.
Ten Years Gone: People Evolve, Plans Should Too.

A plan is not a buy-and-hold investment, it needs to be dynamic as you evolve.

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PlanDynamic, Your $ Your Independence, Tax Planning, Retirement Planning, Work Benefits, Small Business, Investing, Insurance, Estate Planning, BudgetingGlenn BrownAging Parents, Sandwichers, Tax Planning, family, Savings, HSA, RSUs, Financial Independence, Financial Planning, Student Loans, 40's, 401(k), Work Benefits, Pension, Life Insurance, Cash Flows, Budget, Roth IRA, Roth Conversion, PMI, House, Student Debt, Newborn, 529 Plan, FSA Dependent Care, Refinancing, Mortgage, ESPP, Estate Planning, POAs, guardians, Guardianship, Long-Term Care, Elder Care Law, Raising Kids, Multi-Generational Planning, Best Practice, Debt Management, children, Caring for aging parents, Employee Benefits, FSA, Focus on your why, Fee-Only Fiduciary, grandchildren, Health Savings Accounts, IRAs, Investing, Kids, Local Town Pages, Health Plans, Medicare, Small Business Owners, Portfolios, Priorities, Retirement, Your Money Your Independence, Year-End
Are you a Sandwicher? Embrace it!
Are you a Sandwicher? Embrace it!

In planning for 3 generations, ways to embrace communication and change.

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Budgeting, Estate Planning, Insurance, Retirement, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Your $ Your Independence, College PlanningGlenn BrownSandwichers, tax planning, Best Practice, children, Caring for aging parents, College Planning, Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Focus on your why, family, grandchildren, Health Care, Kids, Aging Parents, Medicare, Long-Term Care, Retirement, Savings, Tax Planning, Trusts, Your Money Your Independence, Your Money
Estate Planning: Evolve Beyond “Death & Taxes”
Estate Planning: Evolve Beyond “Death & Taxes”

Couples in their 30’s and 40’s with young families often view estate planning as “death & taxes” and think to do it when their old, like their parents age. Big mistake.

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College Planning, Tax Planning, Estate PlanningGlenn BrownEstate Planning, Trusts, Will, Kids, Children, Joint Property, Sandwichers, Gifting, Minors, family, guardians, Trustee, Probate, Estate Tax, Death Tax, Beneficiaries, tax planning, children, death, life insurance, IRAs, designation