Author: Lauren Stansell, CFP

Required Minimum Distributions (RMD) are, as the name indicates, minimum annual distributions that must be withdrawn from an IRA beginning with the tax year in which the account holder turns 73. The IRS requires these annual distributions to help ensure that account holders don’t simply...
Topics: Financial Planning

In August 2022, President Biden announced his plan to forgive $10,000 - $20,000 of student loan debt for many qualified borrowers. Not long after, a court order blocked the forgiveness until the Supreme Court could hear the case (but applications were still being accepted and...
Topics: Financial Planning

The late Dick Wagner, a friend and pioneer of the financial planning profession, once said, “Money is the most powerful and pervasive secular force on the planet.” How true he was. The media (especially social media “finfluencers”) and society are often hyper-focused on money, specifically,...
Topics: Financial Planning

Hopefully you have read  or watched our updates on the first seven categories of changes we think are likely to apply to many of our Clients, but Secure Act 2.0 included over 100 changes that could affect you or your loved ones! And while the...
Topics: Financial Planning

Guess who’s back, back again? (Any Eminem fans?) We’re back with the next piece in our Reverse Mortgage Mini-Series. Let’s do a quick recap: Part I: What reverse mortgages are and how equity can be accessed Part II: What goes into the calculations and detailed...
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The SECURE Act 2.0 includes over 100 changes that could affect you and your loved ones. We aim to bring your awareness to the biggest changes including RMD age delays, catch-up contribution increases, Roth updates, 401(k) automatic enrollment, and more in this short video featuring...
Topics: Financial Planning, Webinars and Videos

The SECURE Act 2.0 is here. It’s part of the 4,000+ page New Year’s gift to us all that was signed into law on December 29, 2022 by President Biden, also known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. SECURE stands for Setting Every Community...
Topics: Financial Planning