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There Ain't No Cure, But Is There An Upside To The Summertime Blues?
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Those real estate soothsayers were correct. There has been a rather precipitous fall in sales activity since the expiration of the deadline for the federal tax credit on April 30. The Twin Cities market ...
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Estate Tax Trouble in 2010
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While the absence of an estate tax in 2010 may sound like an ideal situation for many investors and their heirs, an in-depth analysis illustrates that previous estate tax rules may have been more beneficial ...
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What's Ahead?...Spring and Echo Boomers
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By most measures, 2009 was a year of healing and balancing for the local real estate market, posting the most sales since 2005. Transactions in November were 34% higher than the previous year, almost ...
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Estate Planning Mistakes
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I was at a charity event this past weekend and a friend was bidding on the silent auction item of time with an estate planning attorney. They said it was finally time to talk about taking care of their ...
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
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... may also have secondary benefits to investors with estate tax issues or net operating losses from their business ownership. As always, talk with your accountant or financial advisor first to see how the ...
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Partner Links
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Earl H. Cohen, Attorney at Law Providing legal services in the business and estate planning arena. www.mansfieldtanick.com Talley Flora Expert hiring resource for small and medium sized ...
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Ongoing Services
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... paying services home refinance options car or plane leases buying real estate making charitable gifts finding a home re-modeler exercising stock options almost anything else you can ...
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Meet The Team
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... Examination. Dan has extensive experience serving as an individual trustee for many types of trusts and as a personal representative for estates. Dan worked for a local CPA firm in Moorhead, Minnesota ...
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Financial Planning
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... estate planning investment planning plans for education business planning. Many clients come in with the idea that financial planning is all about numbers. But we believe it is more than ...
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Keeping The Family Cabin In The Family
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... and begin moving the asset out of their estate without giving up control. It also helps to bring the second generation into the picture sooner while mom and dad can still influence their thinking. Communication ...
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The Family Fallout From This Economy
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... but recognition that help might be needed. As we work with clients in developing their estate plans, we are starting to see more people consider pushing gifts out even further than normal. In the past, ...
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Your Children Will Thank You
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... be included in your spouses estate. One caveat in all this, talk to your attorney to make sure your estate documents are written to allow this. Sometimes your goals might be to have the retirement assets ...
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And Now, In With The New (Tax Laws)
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... $65,000 ($13,000 x 5) into the plan and essentially move $65,000 out of your estate today that could grow more quickly as the market recovers (there are certain rules to be followed so consult your advisor ...
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Social Security in a Bubble
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... out the emotion involved in short-term thinking and the logic in long-term results. With the real estate bubble painfully correcting itself this year, it is easy to focus on why it might be different ...
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The Biggest Estate Planning Mistake
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... review) that delved into several creative ways to discuss estate plans with your children or grandchildren. My basic concept for that article was based on the trend that we were seeing – and continue ...