by David Edwards | Aug 29, 2018 | EC-MedicarePage, Elder Care Advising, Estate Planning
In a recent blog post, we talked about the challenges that our extended lifespan creates these days. Because people are living into their 80’s and 90’s on a regular basis, this creates financial, physical, medical and emotional struggles. Seeing families... by David Edwards | Mar 6, 2018 | Estate Planning
Estate Planning isn’t just for people with estates… I talk a lot about “estate planning,” whatever that means. It sounds like lawyer talk and often makes people’s eyes glaze over. Well, I want you to forget about the estate and just call... by David Edwards | Feb 6, 2018 | EP-HomePage, EP-WillsTrustsPage, Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
“I just want a simple will.” We hear this a lot. The people who say it generally assume they have a “regular” family with straightforward assets. They don’t want to pay a lot for elaborate documents they don’t understand. They just... 
by David Edwards | Nov 2, 2017 | Estate Planning
We ask clients to trust us with a lot of very personal information. As such, we tend to treat them like family and share our lives with them. Our annual Halloween costume pictures continue to be a big hit year after year. Here are the children of Edwards Group dressed... 
by David Edwards | Oct 10, 2017 | Estate Planning
We have a common saying with our kids, “Fair doesn’t mean equal.” Many of us want equality to be synonymous with fairness — maybe because it seems easier to make things equal than to navigate the complexity of fairness. But think about raising... 
by David Edwards | Aug 8, 2017 | Estate Planning
Have you ever heard the phrase, “stupid tax”? I hate paying a stupid tax, because it’s always something that could have been avoided. A few years ago my wife and I went with my parents to see an Illini basketball game in Champaign. After eating at...