Deciding to draft an estate plan is a big step in the right direction of protecting your assets and providing for your family. However, there are additional steps that go beyond the basics of writing a will and signing off on beneficiaries. In this blog, we share four issues you can avoid in your estate planning experience.

The word “love” carries a lot of weight. When you profess it, you’re also supposed to show it. You’re supposed to show it, even if it isn’t always easy. Sometimes you even have to prove it. That’s when tough love and unconditional love come into the picture. This Valentine’s Day, ask yourself if you can be tough when it comes to making the right decision for a loved one’s long-term care.

You may own land that you don’t even know exists. Over time, many heirs discover ownership when a relative dies and their death presents problems that no one wants to solve.

For example, these problems result from the passage of decades when a parent, grandparent and great-grandparent simply “passed” down the family’s home or real property to their children, grandchildren and their descendants…so forth and so on.