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Why Your Financial Advisor, CPA, and Attorney Have Never Spoken to Each Other - A Small Investment, LLC

Why Your Financial Advisor, CPA, and Attorney Have Never Spoken to Each Other

Your household has paid four professionals. An estate attorney. An accountant. An insurance agent. A financial advisor.  Each of these professionals are competent in their own capacity. However, where this insight adds value is identifying the gap between them, and none are watching the whole structure. Some of the first thoughts that come to mind […]

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How Often Should I Review My Estate Plan - A Small Investment, LLC

How Often Should I Review My Estate Plan?

Your estate plan does not expire. Where other financial products and situations may have a window to act, or a maturity timeline, your Estate plan does not. Transactions break the estate plan, and no one sitting at the table during those transactions is watching your documents. A note before you continue reading. I am a

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Should I Put My Rental Property in an LLC? - A Small Investment, LLC

Should I Put My Rental Property in an LLC?

Stop assuming your experts have you covered: It’s time to ask these overlooked questions. Should I Put My Rental Property in an LLC? Your attorney can tell you whether the entity holds up. No one else in the room is checking what the entity does to everything else you own. That gap is the subject

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7 Instruments: A Complete Guide to Your Retirement Control Room - A Small Investment, LLC

7 Instruments: A Complete Guide to Your Retirement Control Room

7 Instruments: A Complete Guide to Your Retirement Control Room Your retirement balance has been answering one question for thirty years. How much have you saved. That question was the only question worth asking during the accumulation years, so checking the balance became a habit, then a reflex, then the entire measure of progress. The

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Is My Wealth Actually Protected

Is My Wealth Actually Protected?

The Wealth at Risk Series Key takeaways for is my wealth actually protected The wealth at risk series premise Affluent households spend years building wealth and almost no time pressure-testing whether the structure underneath can hold. Markets are not the threat. A day that ended in Y is. Wealth at Risk is a ten-part series

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The $5.5 Million Gap Sitting in Your Insurance File - A Small Investment, LLC

 How much umbrella insurance do I need?

 How much umbrella insurance do I need? The $5.5 Million Gap Sitting in Your Insurance File $5.5 million. That number is the distance between what Wesley and Amy have built and what their coverage would actually answer for. Net worth: $7.5 million. Umbrella insurance policy: $2 million. Nobody has set those two numbers beside each

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From Saving to Thriving

From Saving to Thriving: A Strategic Framework for Turning Savings Into Independence A Strategic Framework for Turning Savings Into Independence The Belief That Slows Wealth Building The Information Trap You’ve probably felt it before, that nagging feeling you need more information before moving forward. More market news. More expert predictions. More investment tips. You scroll

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2026 Important Tax and Financial Numbers - A Small Investment, LLC

2026 Important Tax and Financial Numbers

With tax laws changing and updates happening more frequently; it’s important to reference the financial numbers for 2026. Similar to the insight I created in 2025, this insight builds on that information with this year’s tax and financial numbers.  In this insight we will review 2026 important tax and financial numbers: What Changed From Last

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The Best Investment Account for My Child  - A Small Investment, LLC

The Best Investment Account for My Child?

What is the best investment account for my child? If you are a parent that wants to invest some of your child’s savings for the future or you are looking for a way to get them started with investing early; then this insight is for you. Now the answer depends on your goals, your income,

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Should I buy a house or keep renting A Small Investment LLC

Should I buy or rent a house?

Buy or Rent: Key Takeaways Should you buy a house or keep renting? It’s one of the most common house decision questions I hear from clients and prospects that are actively looking for a new residence.  And it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Buy a house or keep renting, I have gathered some of

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