Financial Planning News
Inheriting a house jointly with siblings is common.
It’s also one of the most potentially explosive inheritance situations that exists.
In this episode, I break down how to have difficult conversations with your parents before it's too late, and what to do if you're already in the thick of it.
Your parents have three MAJOR fears about their money.
Understanding these fears is the key to finally having real conversations about your inheritance.
In this episode, I break down exactly what's keeping your parents up at night and how you can use that intel to your advantage.
This week I'm sharing my family money story, four generations back.
Listen to learn what radical money honesty looks like in a wealthy family and how I built Sunnybranch to reflect the lessons and values my family passed down over the past 100+ years.
If you died tomorrow, what would happen to your money (or your kids)?
This episode covers everything inheritors need to know about estate planning: wills, trusts, and all the pieces in between.
Listen, watch, or read if you promised yourself 2026 is the year you’ll FINALLY get a plan in place to protect your loved ones if something terrible happens to you.
Most high-net-worth inheritors are wildly underinsured, exposing their most valuable assets to a huge amount of risk.
Listen, watch, or read this episode for a breakdown of the biggest insurance mistakes you’re making, and how to get them fixed (and get yourself protected) ASAP.
If you're paying your financial advisor 1% and only getting investment management, you're getting a bad deal.
You should know what 1% can really get you, and I’m here to lay it all out.
In this episode, I explain why so many advisors charge the same fee for hugely different services and outline what you should expect to receive as a current or future inheritor paying 1% (or less!) to a financial advisor.
We're dropping $350,000 on a basement reno…and my parents are footing the bill.
Here's how we navigated the money conversation, why it's actually saving them money, and what radical financial honesty really looks like in wealthy families.
If you’re a current or future inheritor, tax planning just became non-negotiable.
Between the $40K SALT cap, “permanently” increased estate tax exemption, charitable deduction floors, and new phase-outs, the 2026 tax landscape just got way more complex.
Ultra-rich families are having trust fund reveal parties, and yeah, that idea is as bad as it sounds.
What can you learn from the mistakes of the top 1% of the 1%?
If you want your kids to understand money, you have to start talking about money in a real way.
Check out the episode to learn how and why.
My family spent $400,000 last year, and I'm breaking down every dollar: from our $60,000 renovation overrun to $50,000 in childcare costs. I'm sharing what worked, what didn't, and the biggest money mistakes we made along the way.
If you're trying to find a financial advisor but don't know how to choose, this episode is for you. Listen for the 10 questions that will help you figure out if an advisor is the right fit for your life as a current or future inheritor (+ my answers!)
What do you do with your investments when you're worried about the future of democracy? Short answer: no one really knows, but it is probably a “less is more” situation. Listen, watch, or read this episode for the full story.
In this episode, I break down everything you should and shouldn’t be doing after getting a multi-million dollar inheritance. From avoiding decision pressure in the early days after inheriting, to taking smart first steps with your new wealth, I’ve got all the tips and tricks new inheritors need.
What are the biggest mistakes you made as a current/future inheritor? Don’t pretend you did everything perfect. I don’t! In this post I’m coming clean with the top money mistakes I made in my teens and 20s.
Listen, read, or watch to learn exactly what it costs to run my household in a quarter.
Plus, I dive into the categories that drive me crazy, even though I refuse to change them.
And listen to the end for a full update on our basement renovation, change orders and all.