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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. …
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 …
How would your finances hold up if you were the victim of a natural disaster like the California Wildfires? Financial Expert David Rae is in the studio with David One and Coleen Sullivan on the ABC 7 Eyewitness News Los …
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 …
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.
With the new GOP Tax Plan now in effect for 2018 many people are wondering, “Can I still deduct my home equity line of credit? Should I refinance to make it tax-deductible again?” Or just “How do I know if …
Holiday Shopping Tips Los Angeles to Keep Your Sanity and not break the bank Video CBS News. How to score holiday deals and drink wine Video CBS News Holiday Shopping Tips Los Angeles Shopping Season is stressfulful and YES expensive. …
One of the biggest advantages of owning a home in California is Proposition 13. This limits how much your property taxes can go up each year. Many long-time homeowners are paying property taxes based on an assessed value that is …
Are you working with a fiduciary financial advisor or just some salesman pretending to give advice? Are you sure? How to get Fiduciary Financial Advice.
Always Avoid the Alternative Minimum Tax: Financial Advice to Break Part 3 Avoiding the alternative minimum tax (AMT) is usually top-of-mind for individuals who receive valuable stock options from their employers. This is especially true when those individuals own substantial …
Good Financial Advice Made to be Broken – Lowering Your Taxes Part 2. Sometimes following financial advice, while technically correct, could turn out to be a costly mistake. It is important to note that the correct choice and the best …
Good Financial Advice Made to be Broken – Lowering Your Taxes. Sometimes following financial advice, while technically correct, could turn out to be a costly mistake. It is important to note that the correct choice and the best choice are …
The Golden Girls Retirement Plan. Could this beloved 80’s sitcom hold the solution to the impending retirement crisis facing America’s workforce? Or even provide some much-needed help over a few financial planning hurdles for the LGBTQI community? Living like the …
Will your friends ever pay you back? Do you pay for things and just hope and pray that your friends will pay you back? Financial Planner LA is here to help. We share some tips with the KTLA Morning news …
Tax Day Tips ABC News with Financial Planner LA Tax Day Tips, and other overlooked Tax Deductions you might be missing. Financial Planner LA David Rae appears on the ABC Eyewitness News here in LA with anchors Elex Michaelson and …
Citi Bank will be returning $330 million to 1.75 million of its customers. This breaks down to an average refund of around $190 per customer. Jo Ling Kent interviews financial planner David Rae on the Today Show discussing how to …
Tax Planning Los Angeles in light of the GOP Tax Bill – CBS News covers what it may mean for you and your finances. With Guest Financial Planner LA David Rae speaking with Jeff Michael and Kara Finnstrom. I was …
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