by Dave Duringer | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Punishment, Religious Faith, Spendthrift Children
Good discussion of incentive trust planning: Many subjects that serve as substantial planning motivators aren’t found on client questionnaires and are frequently absent from planning discussions. Source: The Other Reasons For Estate Planning (Well actually, we...
by Dave Duringer | Feb 10, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
So how does someone determine if he is “too old” to make independence work? It really comes down to a few key characteristics shared by those advisors who took the leap: They really wanted it. They believed in their ability to migrate clients and grow. They had...
by Dave Duringer | Feb 10, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Preparation, Death Tax, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Income Tax, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
This article raises important points — plan for the long-term and don’t let taxes direct the planning over more important goals — plus it’s a good review of the many benefits of life insurance. But as I’ve previously noted, the...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 14, 2017 | Business Succession, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Venture Protection
.@realdonaldtrump: You'll say Mr. Pres we win #2A much, can't take it & I'll say #MAGA Click To Tweet Trump’s legacy of winning is motivational for any individual, family, business or country. Learn about incentive trust planning...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 13, 2017 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Creditors & Predators, Death Tax, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Gift Tax, Income Tax, Retirement Planning, Tax Planning, Venture Protection
Among the chief goals of succession planning is providing continuity of management and minimizing the tax costs of transferring property interests to new generations.Source: Six Things Family-Owned Firms Should Know About Succession...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 12, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Charity, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Punishment, Religious Faith
And don’t forget it also bars you from possessing a firearm, under at least federal law. Marijuana does raise the risk of getting schizophrenia and triggers heart attacks, according to the most significant study on the drug’s effects to date....
by Dave Duringer | Jan 8, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
A new website is keeping track of radical leftist professors; mainstream media and academia are having a fit: And it’s REALLY not common sense, according to a growing roster of anguished media accounts, to aggregate a list of online news stories about academics...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
The Constitution secures your freedoms as an American.Understand it like never before in Hillsdale College’s free online course. The U.S. Constitution is the key to securing liberty for all Americans — yet very few know exactly what it says, and...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 4, 2017 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
YOUNG people are clueless when it comes to basic survival skills such as tying a knot or sparking a fire from scratch, according to research. Source: Millennials lack basic survival skills, research shows | UK | News | Daily...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 2, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Grant writing expert Dr. Drew has solid conservative credentials — I should know, I ran with him on a tea party slate for Central Committee. I’ll bet things will certainly change for those promoting climate fraud. Trump’s stunning win will...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 2, 2017 | Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Picking a low-cost school isn’t the only way. Source: 10 Ways to Cut the Cost of College And don’t forget that college planning should also be part of your estate plan — go to http://Protect.LIFE to arrange a free estate plan design meeting...
by Dave Duringer | Jan 2, 2017 | Asset Protection, Career Preparation, Creditors & Predators, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
A truly nerdy advisor with too much time on his hands put this together. Why nothing on Star Trek TOS? In preparation for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” here are 15 lessons from the film series to help you be a financial planning Jedi. Source:...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 24, 2016 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Religious Faith
Liberalism is a mental disorder, and really has no place in the education of your child. What do you PLAN to do about it? American families can seize power again with their estate plans, if they care enough to do so. “Have you ever wondered what it really means to be...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 22, 2016 | Career Preparation, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training
While the Sunshine State prohibits carrying concealed guns on college and university campuses, a historic private college has teamed with a local sheriff in a first of its kind program to arm faculty.Southeastern University joined the Polk County Sheriff’s...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 5, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
Family businesses spend an extraordinary amount of time and capital (financial, human and intellectual) on skill building and education within the family system. Rising members of the family system must master many different skills. Some of these skills can be...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 5, 2016 | Career Preparation, News & Commentary
University of California Hastings College of the Law Dean Faigman has called out the Bar as a “trade association that masquerades as a state agency” and keeps bar exam pass rates unconscionably low. When I attended Hastings in the eighties, it was...
by Dave Duringer | Dec 2, 2016 | Asset Protection, Career Preparation, Family Protection
As higher-education prices continue to rise steadily across the country, parents face the challenge of covering these costs as their kids head to college.A growing number of families have been turning to college loans to ease the financial pinch.Here are 12...
by Dave Duringer | Nov 19, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business Succession, Career Maintenance, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Maintenance, Family Protection, Financial Mentorship, Venture Protection
When conflict arises between family and business goals, the natural inclination to minimize it can lead to a pattern of dysfunctional communication and greater conflict. The common practice of triangulation rarely leads to resolution of underlying issues and can be...
by Dave Duringer | Nov 6, 2016 | Asset Protection, Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection
Parents often have no idea which assets hurt their financial aid chances and which do not.This is an especially relevant question because parents are now filing for financial aid for the 2017–2018 school year.Here’s a quick rundown of what assets parents must share...
by Dave Duringer | Oct 30, 2016 | Career Preparation, Estate Planning, Family Protection, Firearm Legacy, Firearm Training, Religious Faith
See http://SacredHonor.us for information on values transmission planning. John Adams had a few things to say about schools John Adams John Adams was born Oct. 30, 1735. A Harvard graduate, he was admitted to the bar and married Abigail Smith in 1764. When the...
