Change can be an opportunity. Or it can lead to hardship. The diļ¬erence often depends on how well you and your loved ones adapt and adjust. You know big changes are on the way for your retirement plan, your estate, and the investment markets.
You must be prepared to seize new opportunities or overcome adversity. With financial matters, you have an advantage when critical information is at your fingertips. Many people fail to make decisions, or make them late, because it takes too long to assemble the information they need. Often, they simply procrastinate because the information-gathering process takes too long.
It is especially important for heirs to have your financial information readily available. Many decisions need to be made when processing an estate. Delay often costs money. Decisions made without all the facts can be wrong – and expensive.
It’s the best gift you can leave to your heirs
I’ve said many times the best gift you can leave your heirs is a book of key financial and personal data. Your executor needs to know all the details about your finances – which accounts you own, key facts about them, and where to find the paperwork. Loved ones also need to know about your debts and other assets you own, such as real estate, businesses, even hobbies and collections.
Yet, few estate planners encourage providing this information as part of the plan.
That’s why I created what’s become my most popular report, To My Heirs: A Book of Financial Wishes and Instructions. This workbook helps you gather all the facts in one place. It begins with suggestions and instructions. As you read through the workbook, the pages prompt you to complete all the information you and your heirs need.
The workbook also has additional tools. I include a “My Survivors’ Checklist” and “Estate Processing Checklist” to guide heirs when you aren’t around. I also explain how you can maximize the benefits of the workbook, such as by supplementing it with copies of key documents.
A guide for your heirs is a key and necessary element of every estate plan.
Most people think that a will or living trust does the job. But those documents, while essential, only do part of the job. To wind up an estate, a number of people must be contacted. An inventory of assets must be assembled. Debts have to be listed and paid. Someone has to decide how to manage the assets. You might know exactly what there is and what to do, but you won’t be around to tell anyone. That’s why you should leave a clear record with all the details.
It’s also the best way to organize your financial life today
You, too, gain immediately from having this and other information in one place. No more trying to remember or find details such as account numbers, phone numbers, web addresses, or looking for other key information.
When you don’t have an estate plan yet or need to update one, this workbook saves time and money. You and your estate planner will develop a better plan at a far lower cost when you complete the workbook first and gather the suggested documents. Give the package to your estate planner, and you’ll be further along than most people, saving a lot of fees.
The workbook also helps in your daily financial decisions. All the basic information about your accounts, assets, and other financial matters is in one place. You won’t spend time hunting through files or papers for account numbers and contact information. Your time will be spent making decisions and managing your finances.
Make the road smoother for you and your heirs
With my workbook, To My Heirs, your heirs will know exactly where to find everything they’ll need, and then some. They’ll know whom to contact and what to ask. All that will save a lot of time and anguish plus legal and accounting fees.
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