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Estate Planning Is A Love Letter, Not A Legal Document

The paperwork matters. The clarity it provides matters more. Why the conversation is the real estate plan.

Scott GenadDecember 18, 20247 min read

The most expensive thing in finance is not a fee. It is a quiet assumption left unexamined for thirty years. This essay is short by design: a frame, not a prescription.

The shape of the question

Every financial decision answers some version of the same four questions. We rarely ask them out loud, which is precisely why they go wrong.

The right structure makes the right product obvious. The wrong structure makes every product look like a solution.

A clarity call is the simplest way to translate any of this into your own numbers. There is no obligation, no pitch, and no product on the table.