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I talk to Michelle York, founder of the virtual assistant agency, York Assists, that specializes in supporting financial professionals. Michelle shares how virtual assistants can improve business productivity and growth while lowering staffing costs. She discusses how to find and select the right virtual assistant for your business.
In this Mastermind Monday post, colleague Daniel M. Yerger, MBA, CFP, ChFC, AIF, CDFA. President of MY Wealth Planners in Longmont, CO, calls out lemons in the financial services industry and how to avoid them.
Here are six questions you should ask yourself to know if you are ready to buy your first real estate investment property.
There are many ways real estate investments have favorable tax treatment, including depreciation expense and tax-deferred like kind exchanges. This article discusses the first 5 of 15 ways real estate investors minimize taxes.
How do real estate investments impact college planning and financial aid applications? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot lately, as my high school senior navigates the college application process. I reached out to my friend Rynda Wilk, CFP®, MBA, a college planning expert with 21Finance, for a discussion of college financial strategies for real estate investors.
When couples get married, they expect that their marriage will be a romantic and spiritual partnership, and for many couples, a parenting partnership. But one thing couples often overlook is that marriage is also an economic partnership.