Hey, we have good news, here at White Raven Financial, we can finally text!! Yes, we know texting has been around forever, but you see we had this impediment called a landline. We also had another obstacle called compliance. A few months ago, we discovered this subscription service that allowed us to send/receive texts through …
Annuities have long been frowned upon by consumers and even some financial advisors as well. But do they deserve to be immediately dismissed as a solution? You may have heard the saying, “Annuities are sold, not bought”, which we believe may have held some truth back in the day, but not necessarily anymore. In certain …
Traveling the country road that is near to our office one evening during the first week in November, we could not help but notice where a single house stood out amongst the rest on the road. You see, the residents had strung their Christmas lights quite early. Lots of them! Then, a few days later, …
As the clocks fall back, the afternoons grow darker by the hour, and the weather turns wet & chilly, the desire to hibernate rather than exercise becomes more appealing. Comfort foods, such as chili, lasagna, and casseroles, become, well, comforting. Gyms are closed and school sports are non-existent, but we try to take advantage of …
It was a Friday, and as some Friday’s go, those of us in the office were chatting about tasks that still needed completing which neither of us were looking forward to doing. (Note, they both involved some type of “schoolwork”.) As conversations sometimes do – it shifted into another subject – about a conversation at …
Yeah!! It is that time of the year again. It has rained and now they are ready! Bright orange reflective vests are brought out of storage and a family member or a good friend has phoned for the day and time. A few select people know where you are going, and they swear not to …
Approximately a year ago, a couple had their first meeting with us here at White Raven Financial – they were here to interview us as potential partners for investing in their future. What was memorable about our initial meeting was not their questions, nor their goals, but the gentleman’s feet. There on his sandal clad …
Summers: A time we can soak up the sun at the beach, relax in the mountains, and hit the road for an all-American road trip. This summer, however, has been derailed with many of our planned getaways cancelled or put on hold due to the ongoing pandemic. Travelling is still possible; it just takes a …
In the early parts of the month of March, Diane found that she and her husband, Mike, were automatically enrolled in the HR group. It sounds a bit prestigious until one learns that it is the funky acronym people have given the Covid-19 “high risk” group. Then one-by-one, all of Diane’s vacations, events, and outings …
If you are a millennial, like me, the idea of planning for what happens after your untimely demise doesn’t seem like an urgent, critically important task to anguish over. You may have wondered… “why do I even need a will?” Well there are some folks that will tell you that having a will in place …
