Monthly Archives: February 2009


February 27, 2009

Do You Have Confidence in Your Estate Planning Attorney?

By Sabrina Winters

If you’ve been wondering whether it’s worth the time and money to have a lawyer help you with your estate plan, the New York Times is here with an answer, and everything you need to know is right there in the title of the article: Good Advice Makes All the Difference in Estate Planning. Learning [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Estate Planning Tags: , , | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)
February 23, 2009

Don’t Be Shy About Your Health Care Decisions

By Sabrina Winters

How do you want to die? Do you want lifesaving treatments to be administered even if all brain activity has ceased? Is your family aware of your wishes? And perhaps the more important question, according to the NY Times, is your doctor aware of your wishes? Included in the complete estate plan our firm provides [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Estate Planning Tags: , , , , , | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 20, 2009

The Girlfriend’s Guide to Retirement Planning

By Sabrina Winters

There is a joke about women and retirement in which a mother turns to her child and says something along the lines of “after all I’ve done for you; I expect you to keep me in the style to which I plan to become accustomed when I’m old.” The quip may well make you chuckle, [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in News and Current Events Tags: , , , | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 16, 2009

Thoughts About President Lincoln from an Estate Planning Perspective

By Sabrina Winters

When President Abraham Lincoln passed away on April 15, 1865 he left his family at the mercy of the state laws of inheritance and succession—because he died without a will. It is hard to imagine how Lincoln could have neglected this one thing; after all, he was a statesman and a lawyer. Furthermore, Lincoln is [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Estate Planning, News and Current Events Tags: , , | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 13, 2009

How to Get the Perfect Retirement Home—and Get it Now

By Sabrina Winters

It has been said that the best investment one can make is in land; real estate. this is especially true now, when housing prices are at an all time low, and even more true if you are in a position to begin thinking about your retirement—and your retirement home. While some people are worriedly watching [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Real Estate | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 9, 2009

Advance Business Planning is the First Step to Success

By Sabrina Winters

Big corporations may be laying off employees in distressingly record numbers, but big corporations are not the only employers in the U.S.—as long as we have our small business community, all may not be lost. According to this article on Reader’s Digest.com, small businesses are taking the economic downturn in stride, and in some cases [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in News and Current Events | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 6, 2009

The Financial Diet

By Sabrina Winters

Towards the beginning of the year most people make resolutions having to do with diet or finances—or both. But what if you combined the two and put yourself on a financial diet? This is exactly what Ron Lieber is suggesting in his February 6 article in the New York Times. As Lieber points out, because [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in News and Current Events | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
February 2, 2009

Putting off Your Estate Plan is a Grave Mistake

By Sabrina Winters

At a time when the economy is slow and money is tight, many people are looking to save money by cutting back on “unessential” expenses—including estate planning.  Although this instinct is understandable, the trend is a disturbing one.  Our firm understands the need to dig in during tough times, but what you may not realize [...]

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Yahoo Buzz
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark
Posted in Estate Planning Tags: , , , , , , , , | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)