Christopher Small

Estate Planning Strategies

Education EN ↓ 1230 episodes

Estate Planning Strategies is a podcast dedicated to everything estate planning, including: wills, trusts, guardians, power of attorney, medical power of attorney, legacy, wealth creation, asset protection, estate taxes, generation skipping taxes, income taxes, charitable giving, charitable trusts, irrevocable trusts, revocable trusts, life insurance trusts, IRA trusts. If it's estate planning related, we'll be talking about it.

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Christopher Small

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Deathbed Real Estate Gifts Are BAD 23.12.2025 1:30

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NEWSFLASH! WA Couples Do Not Have $6M of WA Estate Tax Exemption 22.12.2025 1:07

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Do Not Put Your Family on Your Real Estate to Avoid Probate 20.12.2025 1:10

Do Not Put Your Family on Your Real Estate to Avoid Probate 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provid...

Downsides to Probates That Take a Long Time 19.12.2025 1:14

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A Typical Minor Child Trust Distribution Schedule 18.12.2025 1:34

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The Unlikely Place High Net Worth People Should Start Estate Planning 17.12.2025 1:16

The Unlikely Place High Net Worth People Should Start Estate Planning 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in min...

How to gift over the annual limit with no gift tax return 16.12.2025 1:19

How to gift over the annual limit with no gift tax return 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provide...

Creative trust distribution schedule thoughts 15.12.2025 1:14

Creative trust distribution schedule thoughts 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provide exceptional...

End of the year estate tax strategy 14.12.2025 1:12

End of the year estate tax strategy 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provide exceptional service at...

Should you put your real estate in a trust 13.12.2025 1:05

Should you put your real estate in a trust 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provide exceptional ser...

How credit shelter trusts work in under 90 seconds 12.12.2025 1:23

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Unmarried Couples - Estate Planning Beware! 11.12.2025 0:59

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The Downside of Putting Real Estate in a Trust. 10.12.2025 0:41

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Credit Shelter Trusts Explained 08.12.2025 4:55

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The One Time a Power of Attorney Does Not Work 07.12.2025 0:47

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A Costly Probate Mistake with Real Estate 06.12.2025 0:54

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A Story About Entitlement and Estate Planning 05.12.2025 1:01

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Need Probate? Just Say No to Credit Card Bills. 04.12.2025 1:05

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The Secret Language of Bank Beneficiary Designations. 03.12.2025 1:03

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4 Probate Rules Every Executor Needs to Know 02.12.2025 5:50

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Real Estate, Death, and Probate Notice 01.12.2025 2:05

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Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash. 26.11.2025 1:53

Friendly Reminder that Testamentary Trusts are Trash. 🔥 Looking for estate planning help? We're pros at it and would love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/estateplanning 🔥 Looking for probate help? We're pros at that too. We'd love to chat with you: https://cmslawfirm.com/probate ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMALL I founded CMS Law Firm with one goal in mind - provide exce...

How Much Money Should You Leave Your Executor 25.11.2025 1:40

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Will vs. Trust: What's the Difference? 25.11.2025 8:05

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Probate, HOA Dues, and the Creditor Claim Process 24.11.2025 1:32

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