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Ted George, Scotts Valley Financial Advisor, Quoted
February 20, 2013
By Ted George
When Kiplinger’s Retirement Report reporter, Rachel L. Sheedy went looking for a financial expert as a resource for her article, “By a Home with a Reverse Mortgage,” for the January 2013 issue, she called Scotts Valley Financial Advisor Ted George, CFP®, MSFP. Many retirees use reverse mortgages to stay in their homes. However, there is…
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How to Optimize Your Social Security Benefits
February 20, 2013
By Ted George
Married couples in which both people have paid into social security have a distinct advantage when it comes to benefit payments. This advantage comes from the ability to optimize the total payments they receive over time with an appropriate combination of retiree and spousal benefits. The optimal approach is determined based on a number of…
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Take the Ire Out of Irrevocable Trusts – Can an Irrevocable Trust ever be altered?
April 29, 2013
By Ted George
Earlier this month I attended a meeting of the Santa Cruz County Estate Planning Council at which the topic was “Undoing Irrevocable Trusts and other Structures” presented by James Quillinan, Estate Attorney and Michael Jones, CPA. The surprise for some people starts with the title. The Merriam-Webster definition of Irrevocable is “not possible to revoke:…
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