Joseph Maier

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: FINANCIAL ADVISOR SUCCESSION–PART ONE: GOAL CLARITY

Given my combination of experience (13 years in the home office of a national life insurance company) and expertise (working…

8 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Creating a Successful Succession Plan: Value

A successful succession plan maximizes the value of the business in order to take care of the people the owner…

8 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Buy-Sell Planning: Three Mistakes to Avoid

One of the critical planning tools a closely held business plan should have is a buy-sell plan. A plan that…

8 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Choosing a Trustee: It Is All About Trust Part 1—Discretion vs. Direction

Virtually all of my clients leave property to the next generation through trusts. Generally, these trusts last for the lifetimes…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Creditors, predators and divorcing spouses are why having a trust may be better than a will

As I have stated before, when people find out what I do, the most common “cocktail party” question I get…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Building a Great Plan… Step Four: Results, Behaviors, and Beliefs

My last blog post focused on how to build the plan to get from where you are to where you…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Building a Great Plan…Step Three: Bridging the Gap

The last two posts to this blog have focused on how to build a great plan.  First, you need to…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Building a Great Plan…Step Two: Empathetic Honesty

My last blog post talked about the critical role vision plays in building an effective plan.  Today’s post focuses on…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: Building a Great Plan: It All Starts With Vision

Building any successful plan, whether a strategic plan, estate plan, or succession plan, requires capturing a specific vision. The question…

9 years ago

Tax and Wealth Advisor Alert: A TOOL TO SOLVE THE FIRST SIN: The Visionary Org Chart

For those of you who have read this blog, you know that the first of the seven deadly sins of…

9 years ago