Personal Finance

Filter posts by category

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 […]

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

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

Should I Put My Rental Property in an LLC? Read More »

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

7 Instruments: A Complete Guide to Your Retirement Control Room Read More »

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

Is My Wealth Actually Protected? Read More »

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

 How much umbrella insurance do I need? Read More »

Tax Loss Harvesting in a Volatile Market - A Small Investment, LLC

Tax Loss Harvesting in a Volatile Market 

Why Strategy Beats Tactics Every Time Tax Loss Harvesting in a Volatile Market? There’s a moment us investors know all too well. The market drops. Key investment in your portfolio turns red. And suddenly, your news feed fills with advice: “Now is the perfect time to harvest your losses!” Such recommendations often appear as advanced

Tax Loss Harvesting in a Volatile Market  Read More »

Wealth Is Not Reserved - A Small Investment, LLC

Wealth Is Not Reserved

Wealth Is Not Reserved: The Moment Everything Starts to Change Your reservations for two, are confirmed and wealth has been expecting you. Please arrive promptly to enjoy the exclusive experience prepared for you. If only this was true about wealth. We could make a reservation, and expect an exclusive experience that’s specifically tailored to your

Wealth Is Not Reserved Read More »

From Saving to Thriving Insight Image Picture - A Small Investment, LLC

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

From Saving to Thriving Read More »

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

2026 Important Tax and Financial Numbers Read More »

Money Conflict, Your Spouse Is a Spender and You’re a Saver  - A Small Investment, LLC

Money Conflict, Your Spouse Is a Spender and You’re a Saver

What to Do When Your Spouse Is a Spender and You’re a Saver – 10 Steps Money conflicts or disagreements can strain even the strongest relationships. In fact, research consistently ranks money conflict as one of the top reasons couples fight, and even divorce.  But the problem usually isn’t money itself. It’s how differently each

Money Conflict, Your Spouse Is a Spender and You’re a Saver Read More »

Scroll to Top