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Self-Funding the sale of a business.

I had a client who was desperate to sell his business, to the point that he settled on self-funding the purchase. It is recommended that you exercise a certain caution and be truly careful with whom you self-fund for the sale of your business. I was not made aware of...

Pros and Cons of Converting an IRA

 In determining whether converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA benefits a particular taxpayer’s situation, many additional factors must be weighed. These include the following. The taxpayer’s present income tax rate versus the rate expected during retirement — If...

EIDL Interest

Most people who took the EIDL advances where under the impression that there was no interest accruing in the first year, nor the extension.  There were just no payments due. Interest was accruing and now the original payments that were sent are not enough to cover the...

The Golden Handcuffs

There are now many homeowners who want to move out of the starter house into a larger one, or smaller if they wish to contract since you are now an empty nester.  But they are locked in the “golden handcuffs” of low mortgage rates and find it too daunting to sell...

Pay yourself first

As a small business owner when cash gets tight the first thing to go is the owner’s salary, or at least a portion of it. This may not always be the right thing to do.  I know too many who pay themselves so little in wages that their SS benefits are scheduled to be...

Financial Planning

Do you have a pile of investments you call a nest egg.  Or do you have a retirement plan? I have both. The bulk of my investments are in a balanced portfolio that rebalances every quarter and the holdings are reviewed every couple of years.  Then I have an E=Trade...

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