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What Really Drives Your Estate Plan? Capital Gains, Residency & Trust Strategies

In Part 1 of this in‑depth conversation, Chris Boyd and estate planning attorney F. Keats Boyd III explore the real drivers of an effective estate plan — beyond the basics and far past what most families consider. Topics include:

Why most estate plans are outdated long before people realize

How step‑up in basis really works (and why families lose hundreds of thousands by structuring things incorrectly)

Joint trusts vs. individual trusts — and why traditional planning often fails today

Residency choices (MA vs. FL) and the tax implications, including:

Estate tax thresholds

Capital gains…

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