Say NO to Joint Ownership, Especially Now

Say NO to Joint Ownership, Especially Now

Many people believe an ‘easy’ way to avoid probate or to enable their children to assist them as they get older is to add their child’s name to their bank accounts or to the deed to their home. While this strategy may work in certain situations, there are many reasons...
Where Karma Meets Capitalism

Where Karma Meets Capitalism

Many of my readers can remember the 70’s, while some of my new readers were not even born, so let me “draw you a picture” of a time and place we had hoped we were done with……the gas lines that snaked around gas stations for blocks. You could not fill up your car,...
Victim of Elder Fraud?

Victim of Elder Fraud?

I received a frantic call from a distraught family member saying that her mother has been scammed out of thousands of dollars. The mother, a woman in her seventies, had responded to a Nigerian Scam, which claimed the mother had a fund in the amount of $5,000,000. They...