Your FIRE Plan is Screwed Without An Estate Plan! | Allison Harrison | 213
May 10, 2026
You’ve worked twice as hard to catch up on your path to financial independence, so why leave your legacy to chance? To help keep your FI plan from going up in smoke we sit down with estate planning and small business attorney, Allison Harrison. It's a fast, funny and slightly alarming deep dive into estate planning for normal people who assume they're "not rich enough" to need one.
This episode covers:
- Why your FI plan is incomplete without basic estate planning
- The real cost, delay, and public exposure that can come with probate
- Why many people think they need a trust when they actually don't
- When a trust does make sense, especially for control and complex family situations
- The simplest ways to avoid probate using beneficiaries and transfer-on-death designations
- Why healthcare and financial powers of attorney matter just as much as a will
- Estate-planning blind spots for small-business owners and side hustlers
- The role of umbrella insurance, LLCs, and business agreements in protecting your assets
- Why digital accounts, passwords, and two-factor authentication are now part of estate planning
- What parents of newly minted 18-year-olds need to handle before college or adulthood begins
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RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW
Allison's EconoMe Talk (2026) -Coming soon-
Free Estate Planning Guides, Infographics and More (no email required)
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