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The Relationship Between Estate Planning and Financial Planning

Is It Time to Consider Guardianship for an Older Relative?

8 Signs Your Estate Plan Needs an Update

Pandemic-inspired Wellness Design Tips for Home Sellers

A Peek into Stephen Sondheim’s Estate Plan

What Happens If Your Primary Beneficiary Dies?

What is a Pour Over Will?

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Tips for Negotiating Repairs After a Home Inspection
Buying a Home? Reasons Why You Should Hire a Real Estate Attorney
Why Avoid Probate?
The Benefits of Funding a Trust with Out of State Property

What Is the Difference Between a First and Third Party Special Needs Trust?
Common Home Buying Mistakes
Can You Be Paid as a Family Caregiver?
Signs Your Parent May Need to Move to Long-Term Care

What Is a Binder in Real Estate?
Do You Have to Pay Back Medicaid in New York?
What Do Home Inspectors Look for in New York?
What Is Long-Term Care Planning?

Signs Your Elderly Parent May Be Ready for Memory Care
Is It Time For Your Elderly Parent to Stop Driving?
The Danger of Gift Giving When It Comes to Long-Term Care Planning
A Novel Approach to Estate Planning

How is Property Transferred After a Person Dies?
Have You Heard of the Estate Tax Changes Proposed by Bernie Sanders?
What to Do When Your Siblings Cannot Agree On What to do With an Elderly Parent
Can Adult Children Be on the Hook for Paying their Parents’ Nursing Home Bills?

Beware the Pitfalls of DIY Estate Planning
Where Should You Keep Your Estate Planning Documents?
Have You Ever Heard of the Elective Share?
How Trusts Can Be Useful in an Estate Plan

The Danger of Giving Gifts When It Comes to Long-Term Care Planning
What Is Medicare Advantage?
Recognizing the Signs of Elder Abuse
When Siblings Cannot Agree on What Should Be Done with an Elderly Parent

Incapacity Planning
How to Choose a Real Estate Attorney Near You
Why You Should Have an Attorney If You Are Buying a House
Ways to Help Your Elderly Loved One Feel Less Isolated During the Pandemic

The Role of a Real Estate Agent
Estate Planning for Singles
Preparing Your Loved One for a Nursing Home During the Pandemic
How Can I Disinherit My Adult Child?

Remarriage and Your Estate Plan
Estate Planning in Election Years
Why Can't I Sell My Home?
Common Estate Planning Errors

Should You Establish a New York ABLE Account?
Important Steps After the Death of Your Spouse
Is My Estate Plan Good Enough?

Letters of Instruction in Estate Planning
How the Coronavirus Has Impacted the Rural New York Real Estate Market
The Impact of COVID19 on NYC Apartment Rentals

What Is the Difference Between Medicare and Medicaid?
Mortgage Rates Fall to New Lows During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Impact of COVID-19 on NYC Apartment Rentals
When Should I Review My Estate Plan?

Do I Really Need an Attorney to Buy a House?
How to Prepare Your Children to Manage Their Future Inheritance
Advantages of Asset Protection Trusts
Estate and Retirement Planning as Special Needs Parents

Insurance Policies You Do Not Need
Four Costly Mistakes When Naming Beneficiaries
Have You Had 'The Talk' With Your Children?
The Importance of Having Advanced Directives in Pandemic Times

Dividing Your Estate Among Your Children Fairly
Should You Loan Money to a Family Member?
Estate Administration Attorneys Help Executors Avoid Pitfalls
Plan Early for Possible Nursing Home Care

What Is Medicaid Planning?
The Impact of Coronavirus Layoffs on the NYC Rental Market
Doing Your Estate Plan During the Pandemic
Selling Your Home During a Pandemic

The Impact of Home Improvements on Home Value
Four Things to Understand About Estate Taxes in 2020
How Do I Use a Quit Claim Deed?
Getting Your Estate Plan in Order Before Retirement

Three Ways to Protect your Digital Assets
Estate Planning for Single Parents in 2020: Special Considerations
The SECURE Act and Your Estate Plan
Gathering Important Records for Estate Planning

Clicks to Bricks Boosts NYC Tenant Store Openings
Rough Road Ahead for Estate of The Cars Singer?
Deciding on Buying a Home
New Year, New Estate Plan

Estate Creditors Should Not Delay in Making Claims
Buying Flood Prone Real Estate in New York City
Talking Estate Planning at the Holiday Table
How Your Accounts May Impact Estate Planning and Administration

The Right of Election in New York
The Importance of Planning for Incapacity
90210 Star Reportedly Used a Revocable Living Trust in Estate Planning
Hot Spot for Those Looking to Buy or Rent in New Jersey

Pet Trusts in Estate Planning
Understanding How Retirement Benefits Impacts Estate Planning
What to Consider Before Buying a Vacation Home
Homeownership Among Millennials is Declining

Recognizing Financial Elder Abuse
Estate and Trust Administration Issues in Complex Estates
How to Inventory Your Property for Estate Planning Purposes
When Updating Your Will Is Advisable

The Importance of Naming Legal Guardians
New York’s New Tenant-Friendly Rent Laws
Reasons to Use a Revocable Trust
Avoiding Common First-Time Home Buyer Regrets

Mom of Disabled Man Allegedly Tries to Access Trust Fund
The New Trend in NYC Residential Rentals
Being the Executor of an Estate
Medicaid Planning Can Protect Assets from Reach of Nursing Homes

When Old Wills Leave Afterborn Children Out
Medicaid Planning Can Protect Assets from Reach of Nursing Homes
Protect Yourself as You Sell Your Home
Putting Estate Planning on Your Bucket List

Is there anything different about buying a house that was featured in a movie?
What should my adult children know about my estate plan?
What problems can arise in commercial real estate in New York City?
What is digital asset planning?

Can estates sue and be sued?
Can my divorce impact my house sale or purchase?
Has estate planning gotten more complex?
What is the “Mansion Tax” in a real estate transaction?

Am I responsible for my dead spouse’s medical bills?
Do I need a pet trust?
Can the families of a gangster’s murdered victims inherit from his estate?
Taking Advantage of a Cooling NYC Housing Market

Can a court-appointed administrator steal from an estate?
Does divorce affect an estate plan?
What was named the hottest neighborhood in Staten Island for 2019?
What happens if I die without an estate plan?

Does Staten Island offer housing options for disabled adults?
Must someone who borrows something return it to their estate after the lender dies?
Can a decedent’s IRA beneficiary designation be changed after death?
Estate Planning for American Muslims

Why Trusts are Valuable in Estate Planning
Technology is Changing the Ways in Which We Buy and Sell Real Estate
Popular Estate Planning Tactics for Helicopter Parents
A Look at the Most Important Estate Planning Documents

Novel Legal Argument Results in Huge New York Estate Tax Refund
Orphaned Children Left Behind After New York Limo Crash
How Estate Planning Protects Assets
Buying a Home in New York City or New Jersey

Estate Planning Post-Divorce
Replacing the Trustee of a Living Trust
When Estates Gets Sued
Avoid Millennial Home Buying Mistakes

When Estates Have to Sue
Estate Planning Earns Respect of Loved Ones
Selecting a Guardian for Your Minor Child
How the Slayer Rule Impacts Estate Administration

Dying Without a Will in New York or New Jersey
Planning for Incapacity Must Be Done While Competent
Reasons to Avoid a DIY Will
The Benefits of Avoiding Probate

Avoiding a Will Contest
Finding Trustworthy Agents and Avoiding Elder Abuse
Legalization of Marijuana Could Impact NY Real Estate
The Current State of the Staten Island Real Estate Market

Buying a Second Home in New York
Avoiding the Most Common Estate Planning Mistake
Protecting the Inheritance of a Spendthrift Child
Bitcoin and the Future of Real Estate

Avoiding Will Contests in New York
NYC’s High End Real Estate Market Enters a Correction
New Chatbot Promises to Write Your Will For You, But At What Cost?
Eminent Domain Explained

Selecting a Nursing Home for Your Loved One
Home Buying Basics For The First Time Homebuyer
Estate Planning in Your 20s and 30s
Home Inspection Essentials in NY

Consider Investing in Real Estate Now
The Warranty of Habitability
Protect Yourself Before Disaster Strikes
You May Be Paying More for Car Insurance

Exploring Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)
The Benefits of a Revocable Living Trust
Estate Planning Under the New Tax Code
Negotiating Your New Home

NY Landlord Rights: Right to Access
Estate Planning Tips for Unmarried Couples
The Top Estate Planning Strategies Explained
Doctors Troubled Over Man’s ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Tattoo

The Housing Market Could Be Affected by New Tax Bill
Don’t Forget the Intangibles in Your Estate Plan
Landlord-Tenant Disputes: Nonpayment of Rent
1 Roma Court Bidding War WINNERS With THRG
N.Y. Raises the Estate Tax Exclusion

Grounds for Eviction in New York
In Focus: Home Inspections
What does funding the trust mean in estate planning?
Tips for First-Time Home Buyers

The Mistake That Could Land Your Remains in a Mass Grave
Commercial Real Estate Market Thrives in NYC
Staten Island Real Estate Investment Property Market Explodes
What You Need to Know Before Agreeing to a Lease-Purchase

Practical Tips for Co-Buying a Home
Landlord-Tenant Disputes in NY: The Security Deposit
Commercial Development Hits Westchester
What is a 1031 Exchange?

Did a Staten Island “con-man” dupe the elderly in a real estate scam?
What If My Renovation Damages a Neighbor’s Home?
Changing Your Will in New York
Updating Your Retirement Account Beneficiary Designations

Staten Island Real Estate Rush is On
Why Homebuyers Need an Attorney
10 Reasons for Staten Island’s Real Estate Boom
Why Your Estate Plan Should Include Advance Medical Directives

Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
Ensure Your Compliance with ADA Laws with a Real Estate Lawyer
What a Homebuyer Should Look for in a Real Estate Contract
Probate: An Overview of Letters Testamentary
Pitfalls to Avoid in a Commercial Lease in NY

A Look at Irrevocable Trusts
Updating an Estate Plan After a Divorce
Trusts and Estate Planning

Proper Estate Planning Brings Peace of Mind

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