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    You’re 50 – Now is the time to Get Serious About Retirement Planning!

    Going on Fifty Facing Retirement.  What should I do now? Where do you go from here? LA Financial Planner shares a few tips to help get back on track for retirement. I’m 50 what do I do now? Three points …

    How to Lower Your LA Retirement Planning Stress

    Does thinking about Retirement Planning Stress Your Out? While the economy is improving, retirement saving is falling behind.  At Financila Planner Los Angeles we are here to show you how to make the retirement planning process less stressful. Does thinking …

    Home Made Podcast with Kirk Hawkins – How To Save a Home Down Payment

    Home Made Podcast Episode Description Home Down Payments: David Rae is a Certified Financial Planner, Accredited Investment Fiduciary and President and Founder of DRM Wealth Management. We talked to him about how to make the most of the Coronavirus Quarantine …

    Boot Camp for Smart Home Buyers- Get Yourself Ready NOW!

    The housing market is hot these days. How to get ready to buy the home of your dreams without wreaking havoc on your finances.

    10 Surefire Ways To Never Become a Millionaire

    The Future of Financial Self-Sabotage  10 Surefire Ways to Never Become a Millionaire. When Austin Power’s Dr. Evil set out to extort the world for a million dollars we all cracked up. How quaint, we giggled, when everyone knows that …

    6 Inherited IRA Mistakes That Will Crush Your Inheritance

    Six Inherited IRA Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Inheritance. Let’s be honest. Stress doesn’t help us make smart financial decisions. I think it’s fair to say when we are inheriting money it’s often a busy, hectic and stressful time in …

    Should Los Angeles Homeowners Buy Earthquake Insurance?

    Every time we have a big earthquake, Los Angeles homeowners ask themselves, should I buy Earthquake Insurance?  The right answer for you may be different from the answer to your neighbor when it comes to purchasing Earthquake insurance. LA real …

    Coronavirus Hits Los Angeles – Should Your Change Your Retirement Plan Now?

    Willl Coronavirus change your Los Angeles retirement plan? Shoul you adjust your financial plan due to the pandemic?

    Do you know which is best, Tax Deduction or Tax Credit?

    The Tax Credit vs. Tax Deduction Quiz Tax season is upon us and while you don’t have to master zillions of pages of the US tax code, it does pay to know a few of the basics. Test your knowledge …

    ABC Video – Stock Market Tumbles What to do Now?

    The stock market took a tumble on Monday. Setting a record for the largest one day point drop in Dow Jones History.  By the time we are posting this, the stock market has jumped back quite a bit.  Hopefully, you …

    How to Maximize your Pension Lump Sum or Lifetime Income

    How to Maximize Your pension: Lifetime income or Pension Lump Sum Payment which is best for you? Pension Buyouts: Lump ‘em or Leave ‘em? As the number of companies shedding their pension liabilities rises, employees are often left in a quandary …

    How Risky is the Stock Market Actually?

    Stock Market Risk, the true cost of skipping investing. Can you afford to not invest in stocks?  Unless you started saving at the age of five and are presently making a killer income, consistently year after year, you will probably …

    Live Your Best Life with a little Financial Life Planning Los Angeles

    Live Your Best Life Financial Life Planning – Los Angeles Financial Planner David Rae outlines how. Are you living your best life financially? We all have that friend who while dripping in designer duds never seems to have any money.   …

    Tax Deductions + Other Fun with Schitt’s Creek on Pop

    Up Schitt’s Creek Hilarious Lesson on Tax Deductions.  Wouldn’t it be great to be so rich that you didn’t even have to think about tax deductions? As seen on the Canadian television sitcom, Schitt’s Creek – what goes up must …

    Financial Planner LA on Fox 11 News Discussing Stocks

    Financial Planner LA David Rae pops into the Fox 11 Los Angeles Newsroom to discuss the Stock Market with Bob Decastro.

    What You Need to Know About Your Retirement Plan Now

    Do you know if you are on track for a secure retirement? Have you run the numbers? Financial Planner LA shows you how to do it.

    How Donald Trump Lost Billions and Paid No Taxes Nightline Video

    Donald Trump turned a billion dollar loss into a way to pay no income taxes for years. Financial Planner LA discusses in this video for Nightline with Nick Watt.

    Will Beyoncé and Coachella SINK Your Finances. + New Album

    Beyonce Coachella should be epic. Are you going? Who can actually afford to attend this huge music festival every year?  Many people are spending thousands if not tens of thousands to attend. Ponder this. Will the single lifestyle paired with …

    Tax Saving Tips CBS News Video

    Financial Expert David Rae sits down will fell Aids Life Cycle Rider to discuss tax saving tips on the CBS Morning News.

    How Trump Raised Taxes On Millions Of Californians KTLA Video

    The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Trump Tax Plan) is bad for Los Angeles and Californians. From the SALT CAP to other tax changes you need to know about and how much in taxes they will cost you.

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