If you need an incentive to organize your financial life, see The Mess They Left by Suzanne Barlyn, Wall Street Journal, April 13, 2009.
Excerpts from the article:
In the torrent of estate-planning advice out there, one simple but crucial bit of wisdom often gets overlooked: Keep your stuff in order.
Surviving family members can get overwhelmed when loved ones leave behind disorganized financial statements and cluttered homes. Heirs and executors must become de facto investigators, sorting through the junk to figure out where the assets are — and what should be done with them.
Read the rest of the article here.
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