Buying a home in New York requires a significant investment. So, you want to make sure you are doing your due diligence and getting all the necessary information before making things official. Complications often arise throughout the home-buying process, and you may...
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Limiting your estate tax liability
A recent post on this blog detailed the benefit that gifting can provide to your estate plans. Yet at face value, that might seem counterintuitive; would parsing out gifts not deplete the amount that you have to pass on to your heirs? Many come to us here at Marcus,...
Do family members make the best executors?
When dealing with matters of the estate, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. Estate planning has a lot of moving parts and a huge number of legal terms you likely never came across before. But it is important to start with a solid foundation. If you do, everything else...
Is your loved one under undue influence?
New York has laws governing estate plans in a careful and precise way. An estate plan should allow your loved ones the ability to make their last wishes and desires known. In most cases, this is the purpose it fulfills. But there are some cases in which your loved one...
Are you paying too much for title insurance?
You understand the need for title insurance to ensure that no liens, encumbrances or mistakes create issues with the title to the commercial real estate you want to purchase. However, R Street notes that it is common for residential and commercial real estate buyers...
How can gifting benefit you and your family?
Throughout the year and particularly at the end of the year, many wealthy households choose to write checks for friends and family members. Often, these gifts may be around $15,000 dollars per person. Gifting can be a crucial tool in estate planning, and it is easily...
Powers of attorney provide comfort in a family crisis
No one knows when incapacity may strike. You could suffer a stroke or sustain a serious injury in a vehicle crash. Who will step in to manage your affairs? If you have powers of attorney for healthcare and finances, your trusted appointees will provide capable...
Residency and estate tax returns
Whether your loved one recently passed away and you are unsure of how to approach tax matters or you are worried about the tax consequences of your own estate plan, you should have a clear understanding of relevant tax matters. From time requirements to tax rates,...
What should you do if a tenant refuses to pay rent?
You hoped for favorable outcomes when you became a landlord in New York, but a recent issue forced you to question your decision. You have a tenant going through a rough financial patch, leaving the person unable to pay rent. What should you do? Learn how to navigate...
3 Reasons you should have an estate plan
There are countless reasons people believe they don’t need to have an estate plan. Most commonly, they convince themselves that they are too young, too healthy, or not wealthy enough to warrant having end-of-life plans in place. On the contrary, few people wouldn’t...