The Plan Wisely Resource Library
The Plan Wisely Resource Library is full of articles, videos, podcasts, and guides designed to help you navigate complex financial issues and make wise decisions. Explore topics like retirement planning, investing, taxes, insurance, debt, and long-term planning—so you can focus on what matters most and move forward with confidence.
Podcast
Episode 98: Plan Before Life Forces Your Hand: The Cost of Waiting
By Xavier Angel
In this solo episode of Stuff About Money They Didn’t Teach You in School, Xavier Angel, CFP®, ChFC®, CLTC, steps behind the mic to wrestle with a tough truth: planning isn’t optional, not if you…
Podcast
Episode 96: Faith, Finances, and Facing Mortality: A Conversation with Gio Arenas
By Xavier Angel
In this moving episode of the Stuff About Money They Didn’t Teach You in School podcast, Xavier Angel, CFP®, ChFC®, CLTC, sits down with Giovani Arenas, business partner of Erik Garcia, CFP®, BFA™, ChFC®, at…
Article
Money in Pop Culture: The Glass Slipper
By Erica Edenfield
We love our pop culture stereotypes. We celebrate the lovable broke protagonist—the charming, debt-ignoring artist or the coffee-shop regular who somehow affords a massive New York apartment. We also adore the dizzying poor-to-rich fashion montage,…
Topics Estate Planning
Article
Are Your Beneficiary Choices Putting Your Legacy at Risk?
By Xavier Angel
The One Detail That Can Make or Break Your Financial Legacy You’ve worked hard to build your financial future. You’ve diligently saved, strategically invested, and carefully planned to create a lasting legacy for yourself and…
Topics Estate Planning, Insurance Planning
Podcast
Basics of Estate Planning for Everyone with Ryan McBride
By Erik Garcia
In this episode of the Stuff About Money podcast, Erik Garcia, CFP®, BFA and Xavier Angel, CFP®, ChFC, CLTC, are joined by Attorney at Law Ryan McBride to discuss the basics of estate planning. They…
Article
Estate Planning & Unpaid Debts
By advisorfuel
When we pass, there will be debts that are left unpaid even if we stay caught up with our financial obligations. At the very least, there will be the medical bills accrued towards the end…
Article
Estate Planning in a Pandemic
By Erik Garcia
The ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted life in countless ways. The health crisis has led many people to examine their own mortality and realize that they are not prepared for the end of life…
Topics Estate Planning, Retirement Planning
Article
What To Do When You Inherit Your Parents’ House
By advisorfuel
The largest wealth transfer in the history of the world is currently in process. It’s estimated that around $68 trillion will switch hands over the next 25 years. Baby Boomers are currently retiring, and many…
Topics Estate Planning, Retirement Planning
Article
Life Insurance, It’s Not For You!
By Erik Garcia
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month which gives us a reason to talk about a subject that some try to avoid. Life insurance can conjure up dark images. Many people are jarred into realizing the…
Topics Estate Planning, Insurance Planning
