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Estate Planning Strategies

Estate Planning Strategies is a podcast dedicated to everything estate planning, including: wills, trusts, guardians, power of attorney, medical power of attorney, legacy, wealth creation, asset protection, estate taxes, generation skipping taxes, income taxes, charitable giving, charitable trusts, irrevocable trusts, revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, IRA trusts. If it's estate planning related, we'll be talking about it.

529 Plans and Revocable Trusts

1 min; April 03, 2026

I moved to another state - do I need to update my estate plan?

1 min; March 15, 2026

My Will is different than my beneficiary - who wins?

1 min; March 14, 2026

How to Dissolve a Revocable Trust.

1 min; March 13, 2026

What do people mean when they say estate plan?

1 min; March 12, 2026

Distribution schedule when there's no Will.

1 min; March 11, 2026

Can someone sell your home without your permission?

1 min; March 10, 2026

Does a Will help you avoid probate?

1 min; March 09, 2026

Why 67% of People are Making this Massive Mistake

1 min; March 05, 2026

The WA Estate Tax Trap for Out-of-State Property

1 min; March 05, 2026

Married in WA State? Your House Might Still Go to Probate

1 min; March 03, 2026

Power Of Attorney When You Don't Have Any Options

1 min; March 02, 2026

Is The WA Estate Tax Going Back Down?

1 min; March 01, 2026

Inheritances are divorce proof unless you do this.

1 min; February 28, 2026

What to do if people don't like your estate planning choices.

1 min; February 27, 2026

Use a Trust even if giving it all to charity.

1 min; February 26, 2026

How to purchase real estate with a Trust.

1 min; February 25, 2026

Estate planning and travelling out of the country

1 min; February 24, 2026

Estate planning and Love is Blind.

1 min; February 19, 2026

Do not put your Will inside your safety deposit box!

1 min; February 18, 2026

Guns and Death - Here's What to Do.

1 min; February 17, 2026

Student Loans and Death - Who's Responsible?

1 min; February 16, 2026

Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.

1 min; February 10, 2026

Do Spouses Need Medical Powers of Attorney?

1 min; February 08, 2026

Mortgages and Inherited Real Estate

1 min; February 07, 2026

Are Trusts Just for Rich People?

1 min; February 06, 2026

Contract Law Spendthrift Trusts - Everything You Need to Know (reaction)

1 min; February 05, 2026

Do Handwritten Wills Work?

1 min; February 04, 2026

Do Not Give Your House to Your Kids While Alive!

1 min; February 03, 2026

What Happens if You Die Without a Will?

1 min; February 02, 2026

Married? Significant other? Don't forget this!

1 min; January 30, 2026

What to do if you're uncertain about your estate planning.

1 min; January 29, 2026

Where (and Where Not) to Store Your Estate Plan

1 min; January 28, 2026

Revocable Trusts DO NOT Give You Asset Protection

1 min; January 27, 2026

The Biggest Misunderstanding About WA Estate Taxes

56 secs; January 26, 2026

Revocable Trusts Don't Have Separate Tax Returns

54 secs; January 25, 2026

Real Estate Anonymity with Revocable Trusts

5 mins; January 25, 2026

You don't need a Wyoming LLC for asset protection!

53 secs; January 21, 2026

Putting Rental Property in a Trust - Lender Rules

1 min; January 16, 2026

Medicaid Liens and Inherited Real Estate

1 min; January 15, 2026

How to Give More Than $19K Per Year With No Estate Tax Return

1 min; January 14, 2026

The Right Time to Think About Medicaid Planning

1 min; January 13, 2026

Minors Cannot Be Your Power of Attorney

1 min; January 12, 2026

New Real Estate and Your Estate Plan

54 secs; January 11, 2026

Do Single Member LLCs Get Asset Protection?

58 secs; January 10, 2026

Don't Pay Inheritances With Cashier's Checks

1 min; January 09, 2026

Estate Planning Demystified

6 mins; January 09, 2026

When Do Estate Plans Get Too Old?

39 secs; January 08, 2026

How to Avoid Millions in Estate Tax If You Can See the Future

1 min; January 07, 2026

The Difference Between a $1K Estate Plan and a $4K Estate Plan

1 min; January 06, 2026

How to Own WA Real Estate and Pay No Estate Tax

59 secs; January 05, 2026

An Easy Way to Avoid WA Estate Taxes

52 secs; January 04, 2026

How to Avoid Probate When You Own a Business

57 secs; January 03, 2026

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #74: Don't Wait Until Death to Give

1 min; January 02, 2026

5 ways you can avoid probate.

1 min; December 31, 2025

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #217: Zero Tax Isn't the Goal

1 min; December 26, 2025

Unpopular Opinions From an Estate Planning Attorney #42: Crazy Trust Provisions Aren't Effective

1 min; December 24, 2025

Deathbed Real Estate Gifts Are BAD

1 min; December 23, 2025

NEWSFLASH! WA Couples Do Not Have $6M of WA Estate Tax Exemption

1 min; December 22, 2025

Do Not Put Your Family on Your Real Estate to Avoid Probate

1 min; December 20, 2025

Downsides to Probates That Take a Long Time

1 min; December 19, 2025

A Typical Minor Child Trust Distribution Schedule

1 min; December 18, 2025

The Unlikely Place High Net Worth People Should Start Estate Planning

1 min; December 17, 2025

How to gift over the annual limit with no gift tax return

1 min; December 16, 2025

Creative trust distribution schedule thoughts

1 min; December 15, 2025

End of the year estate tax strategy

1 min; December 14, 2025

Should you put your real estate in a trust

1 min; December 13, 2025

How credit shelter trusts work in under 90 seconds

1 min; December 12, 2025

Unmarried Couples - Estate Planning Beware!

59 secs; December 11, 2025

The Downside of Putting Real Estate in a Trust.

41 secs; December 10, 2025

Credit Shelter Trusts Explained

4 mins; December 08, 2025

The One Time a Power of Attorney Does Not Work

47 secs; December 07, 2025

A Costly Probate Mistake with Real Estate

54 secs; December 06, 2025

A Story About Entitlement and Estate Planning

1 min; December 05, 2025

Need Probate? Just Say No to Credit Card Bills.

1 min; December 04, 2025

The Secret Language of Bank Beneficiary Designations.

1 min; December 03, 2025

4 Probate Rules Every Executor Needs to Know

5 mins; December 02, 2025

Real Estate, Death, and Probate Notice

2 mins; December 01, 2025

Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash.

1 min; November 26, 2025

How Much Money Should You Leave Your Executor

1 min; November 25, 2025

Will vs. Trust: What's the Difference?

8 mins; November 25, 2025

Probate, HOA Dues, and the Creditor Claim Process

1 min; November 24, 2025

The Best Way to Update a Medical Power of Attorney.

1 min; November 21, 2025

How to Revoke a Power of Attorney

1 min; November 20, 2025

The Wrong Way to Revoke a Will

1 min; November 19, 2025

How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures

2 mins; November 19, 2025

How to Open a Probate When the Debts Are More Than the Assets

1 min; November 18, 2025

Does the Notary on a Will Count as a Witness

1 min; November 17, 2025

The Only Way to Revoke a Revocable Trust

1 min; November 15, 2025

The Wrong Way to Update Your Will

53 secs; November 14, 2025

No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This

2 mins; November 14, 2025

How to Revoke a Medical Power of Attorney

42 secs; November 13, 2025

The Best Way to Update an Irrevocable Trust

52 secs; November 12, 2025

How to Revoke a Revocable Trust

56 secs; November 11, 2025

How a WA LLC Can Decrease Your Estate Taxes

1 min; November 10, 2025

How a WA LLC Can Increase Your Estate Taxes

1 min; November 09, 2025

How to Update Your Power of Attorney.

43 secs; November 07, 2025

No WA Estate Plan is Safe Unless You do This

2 mins; November 06, 2025

How One Estate Planning Mistake Cost Six Figures

2 mins; November 05, 2025

The Benefits and Costs of Irrevocable Trusts

9 mins; November 05, 2025

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