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Should a Rental Property Be Part of Your Retirement Plan? With Taylor Vick (Ep. 67)

Should a Rental Property Be Part of Your Retirement Plan? With Taylor Vick (Ep. 67)

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Should rental property be part of your retirement plan? What happens when it’s time to transfer investment property to the next generation, create retirement income, or reduce taxes without creating new challenges? Those decisions can have lasting financial and tax implications, making thoughtful planning just as important as the property itself.

In this episode, Greg DuPont welcomes Taylor Vick, Founder of Blue Ridge Asset Management, to discuss how real estate can fit into retirement planning, estate planning, and long-term wealth management. Taylor shares how he built his own real estate portfolio, why leverage and cash flow have played an important role in his approach, and how seller financing can create opportunities for families. Greg and Taylor also explore real estate professional status, self-directed IRAs, depreciation recapture, and why business owners and families should have a plan before transferring or selling real estate.

Greg and Taylor discuss: 

  • How rental properties can support retirement income, estate planning, and long-term wealth
  • How leverage, cash flow, and appreciation can work together when building a real estate portfolio
  • How seller financing may help families transfer investment property while creating ongoing income
  • What investors should understand about self-directed IRAs, real estate ownership, and tax planning
  • Why business owners and families should prepare real estate assets before selling or passing them to the next generation
  • And more!

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Taylor Vick is the Founder of Blue Ridge Asset Management, where he works with investors, families, and business owners on real estate investment, portfolio management, and long-term planning. He also serves as a fractional director of real estate, helping clients maximize the value of their real estate holdings while navigating tax considerations, estate planning, and multi-generational ownership strategies.

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How to Be a Financial Advocate for Your Clients with Mike Ringel (Ep. 12)

How to Be a Financial Advocate for Your Clients with Mike Ringel (Ep. 12)

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Financial planning is not just about numbers and calculations. It is also about understanding your client’s values, goals, and dreams so that you can assist them in achieving them through sound financial strategies.

Whether you are an attorney, a CPA, or a financial advisor, you need to have the skills and mindset of a financial advocate to serve your clients well.

In this episode, Greg DuPont sits down with Mike Ringel, CPA, RICP®, CDFA®, CExP™, Financial Coach at Wealth Design Group, to dive into the secrets of financial advocacy. They explore the importance of embracing a consultant mindset, the value of specialized knowledge in financial planning, and the need to create holistic financial plans that align with your clients personal values.

Greg and Mike discuss: 

  • Mike’s transition from being a CPA to becoming a financial advisor and the challenges he faced along the way
  • The importance of viewing yourself as consultants rather than salespeople
  • Focusing on uncovering clients’ real issues and helping them achieve their desired state
  • The shift in the legal industry towards providing holistic financial guidance
  • The purpose of Mike’s practice, which is to empower families to discover purpose, freedom, and abundance in their lives through investing and financial planning
  • Mike’s experience in working with solo and small law firms to help them protect, grow, and eventually exit their businesses
  • And more!

 

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About Our Guest:

As the son of a college professor (Dr. Herbert Ringel, Ph.D., Physics), Michael’s passion for teaching began at a very early age. While his father wanted him to pursue the same noble profession, Michael’s mathematical mind and entrepreneurial spirit led him down a different path. After pursuing his CPA and MBA, he explained to his father that he would be pursuing a career in teaching and education, except in a nontraditional setting. He decided to teach families about money and investing.

Since 2004, Michael’s has been working with business owners, divorced women, families with children with special needs, and typical families to build confidence around their money.

Michael’s philosophy is to guide each family to discover for themselves what is important to their family, both personally and financially. Then, Michael shares with each family a variety of financial strategies that are prudent for them. He shares with them what may be financially possible for them in the future. It is only then when they agree upon a prudent strategy, that financial products and services are recommended to fulfill each strategy. Michael’s academic approach to financial planning has served his clients well.

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The Journey from an Attorney to a Financial Advocate (Ep. 1)

The Journey from an Attorney to a Financial Advocate (Ep. 1)

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As an attorney, you have undoubtedly sharpened your skills in the intricacies of estate law.

There is, however, one crucial aspect you may have overlooked: confidently guiding your clients through their financial journeys. And that’s where we want to help you.

Welcome to The March to a Million podcast!

In this inaugural episode, Greg DuPont, the founder of the Wealth Solutions Network, shares his mission to positively impact a million lives by 2030 via his goal of empowering attorneys. Greg talks about how he believes that financially minded attorneys can provide valuable services to their clients by taking a holistic approach to their financial planning needs.

Greg discusses: 

  • The need for financially minded attorneys to provide single-point responsibility and solutions for their client’s financial, tax, and legal needs
  • The licensing requirements for attorneys who want to provide investment advice
  • The type of attorney who would be well-suited for the Wealth Solutions Network
  • His educational background and how he became a lawyer and entrepreneur
  • His passion for helping people make good decisions and how he wants to bring that to people through his podcast and other outreach
  • And more!

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