Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Apr 1, 2015 | April - May 2015, Articles, Wisdoms
Kingdom Advisors founder Ron Blue takes an interesting approach to estate planning. He advocates lifetime giving as a way to assure that the objects of your bounty are worthy recipients of your wealth. This could play out a couple of different ways. As Blue points...
Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Feb 1, 2015 | Articles, February - March 2015, Wisdoms
Receiving an inheritance can certainly be like winning the lottery. What could be wrong with that? Callie Rogers, age 16, won $3.1 million in a British lottery. By the age of 22, the unwed mother of two had attempted suicide twice, and spent over $400,000 on cocaine...
Generations Magazine Staff | Dec 1, 2014 | Articles, December - January 2015, Wisdoms
The giving season is upon us as 2014 comes to a close. Charitable donations are an important way of giving back to our community. If you are eager to give back or help out, just how do you decide how much to give and through whom? For those wishing to exercise wise...
Scott A. Makuakane, Counselor at Law, Est8Planning Counsel LLLC | Aug 1, 2013 | Articles, August - September 2013, Wisdoms
There are several scams targeting our kupuna that you need to know about. Scam 1: The first is a nationwide scheme where new real estate owners and individuals who have recently transferred their homes into their revocable living trusts receive letters from a company...