The decision about your parents' house usually gets made by a fall, not by your family. Tuesday's blood pressure pill slips into Wednesday. Two on Wednesday, none on Thursday, dizzy, down. Now the house, the money, and the care are one rushed d...
The Questions a Longtime La Crescenta Senior Home Seller Didn’t Know to Ask.
Many longtime homeowners eventually face the same quiet question: is it time to sell? Some have owned their La Crescenta home for 50 years or more, and never expect...
The moments in between, conversations and decisions that shaped the sale. Anatomy of a Sold | 3306 Henrietta Avenue, La Crescenta. Not Just Sold. How It Sold. For more than 50 years, 3306 Henrietta Avenue was home to a longtime couple and their...
Every family I work with eventually asks me the same question: how do we keep Mom in her house without draining every dollar she has? That question is exactly why I sat down with Christina Harmes of Barrett Financial Group's Reverse Mortgag...
A house worth millions on paper still cannot pay for a broken window, a new roof, or a rising utility bill. That gap is exactly where so many families get stuck.
I sat down with Mitchell Kraus of Capital Intelligence Associates to talk about...
A Resource More Seniors Should Know About: Senior Move Managers
Senior Move Managers have always worked quietly behind the scenes, but two recent sellers showed how valuable their services can be. One family wanted help from the first day of s...
Estate planning isn't just about preparing for death; it's about making sure your loved ones don't have to deal with California's default plan. In California, every adult automatically has an estate plan. If you haven't made one, the state has ...
How Two Retiring Couples Had Completely Different Sets of Unique Questions and Circumstances
Two sellers, both retiring, both leaving homes they'd lived in for decades in La Crescenta. If you assume their questions overlapped, you'd be...
Adding a child's name to a property deed seems like a simple, loving gesture. I get it. But for most California families, that single act is one of the most expensive estate planning mistakes you can make. According to the State Bar of Cali...
The phrase "reverse mortgage" used to terrify people. My own mother had one. It was one of the best decisions she ever made. So I invited someone who could separate the myths from the math.
In this episode, I sat down with Janice Cohen of Mu...