Search

Money is emotional, there’s no way around it. And too frequently, some of the most common emotions are negative – shame, fear, guilt, envy – and they can keep you up at night. According to a National Foundation for Credit Counseling survey, nearly 70% of...
Topics: Financial Planning

Financial planning derives its greatest value from a deep relationship between a planner and the Client. We’ve written about the importance of our discovery process before and the behavioral science research behind it. As a product of our discovery process, we assemble the Live Big®...
Topics: Financial Planning

The vast majority of resources on Social Security focus on the thousands of rules and the myriad of strategies to maximize your Social Security benefits. There simply don't seem to be enough resources, though, that explain how Social Security actually works when you’re ready to...
Topics: Financial Planning

As a refresher, a reverse mortgage allows a homeowner to convert some of the equity in his or her home into cash or a line of credit available for spending (or to be used to eliminate a small primary mortgage and increase cash flow that...
Topics: Financial Planning

Getting caught in the rain without an umbrella may cost you a new outfit, but getting caught in the aftermath of an incident without an umbrella insurance policy could cost you way more! While an umbrella protects you from the elements, a personal umbrella insurance...
Topics: Financial Planning

These days, changing jobs is a fairly commonplace. Chances are you will change jobs more than once in your career, if not several times. These job transitions can be a whirlwind, both exciting and daunting at the same time. It is a time of emotion,...
Topics: Financial Planning

What to Expect When Consolidating Accounts Transitionary times – retirement, starting a new job, etc. – can be stressful, especially when unfamiliar processes like paperwork and money movement are involved. In this short video, Financial Planner, Cole DeLucas shares a brief summary of the logistical...
Topics: TheLiveBigWay® Digest