Insights from Organized Instincts
Breaking a Mental Health Stigma – Write a PAD
You’ve heard of an advance directive, which puts into writing your wishes should you become incapacitated or unable to communicate your healthcare treatments of choice, but have you heard of a psychiatric advance directive (PAD)? A PAD is similar and is meant for...
Does Estate Planning Feel Like Jumping Off a Cliff?
Towering many feet up in the air, peering over the edge with her toes curled tightly around the rock a diver nervously looks over the edge. She fears the dive, but jumps first, and splashes down in the water. Now, with palms sweating and knees shaking, it’s your turn...
5 End-of-Life Care Professionals You Need to Know
As an adult caring for aging parents and other beloved ones, there, unfortunately, comes a time when difficult and often contentious decisions need to be made in the form of accepting help. You believe Mom is continuing to slow down with everyday tasks becoming...
#Adulting – Putting on Your Grown-Up Glasses of Reality
No matter your age, every adult, including yourself, needs to think about end-of-life planning. Far too often, men and women are left picking up the pieces after the unexpected death of their spouse in their 40’s and 50’s and are grieving while trying to make funeral...
Summit the Mountain – Secure Your Financial Footing
When it comes to finding your financial footing, understanding a few key concepts and terms goes a long way to promoting literacy and inspiring confidence in knowing how to handle one’s money. Let’s take Claire’s story for some perspective, and you might identify with...
Finding a Path to Freedom Through Financial Literacy
The greatest way to gain financial freedom is through increased financial literacy. What is financial freedom? An aspirational concept, defining financial freedom differs from person to person frequently depending on one’s perspective and lifestyle. Despite that, a...
DMM Superhero Stories Vol. 3: Clyde and the Cutting-Edge Career
Based on actual events. Details have been changed or combined to protect privacy. Clyde is a serial inventor and visionary who has leveraged his decades-long experience and multiple degrees into a profitable and expansive career. Clyde spends his days researching and...
Crack the Case: Conquer the Mystery of Tax Refunds & Payments
Do you feel that with each approaching tax deadline, you are playing the starring role in the latest science fiction flick—one where the main character wakes to a recurring nightmare? Just filing your tax return seems like an ordeal, but then you receive news that...
DMM Superhero Stories Vol. 2: Frankie, Barb, and the Rental Renovation
Based on true events. Details have been changed or combined to protect privacy. As regular visitors to vacation destinations, savvy investors gain a first-hand understanding of the local rental market—including rental rates and purchase price, plus identifying all the...
Not Just for School Anymore – Understanding Your IRS Transcript
Have you ever heard your CPA mention a “tax transcript”? Do you find yourself momentarily reminiscing about your college days, wondering how a “transcript” will benefit you? The quick answer is that a tax transcript is a tax record, either physical or virtual, of your...