Retire Smart Austin | Episode 222
Leah Woodford 00:00 Welcome, Retire Smart Austin. I’m Leah Woodford with Phil Capriotti Sr today, of Empower Wealth and Tax, and we’re actually continuing last week’s show on trusts, and I’m so excited. We were talking about this in the commercial break. And I loved that there is actually a trust for shopaholics. We’re going […]
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 221
Leah Woodford 00:00 Welcome to Retire Smart Austin. I’m Leah Woodford, and with me today is Phil Capriotti Sr., of Empower Wealth and Tax, and today we’re talking everything trusts. Welcome back. Philip Capriotti 00:43 Leah, it’s a pleasure to be on set with you. How is everything going? You know, it’s, how do […]
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 216

They don’t plan on their retirement while they’re working. They work, work, work, work, and they don’t plan their exit while they’re working. And this is when things go sideways.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 215

We want convenience, accuracy, and we want to make sure that our best interests remain in the front and foremost priority of the advisor we’re speaking to.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 213

Why you should be working with not only a Certified Financial Planner, but that same person being a tax planner as well. They marry together so beautifully, and you’ll see why it’s so important to have that cohesive asset management style.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 212

When you get into the retirement phase of life, it’s no longer about accumulating money so much. It’s more about preserving it.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 210

Let’s talk about the difference between passive and active portfolio management. We can literally- on major downturns, we can literally save a retirement, save a portfolio, by doing just little things like this.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 203

Why do I need to work with a Retirement Planning Specialist? Can I do it myself? Can I be a DIY? Er, well, today’s show is just for you. If you’re on the fence and you’re not sure, we’re going to do a deep dive into how there is a benefit to working with a Retirement Planning Specialist.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 202

We are talking about a tax survey that came about, and Phil kind of broke it open a little bit last week. We’re going to continue with it this week. Overall, the overview is the importance of proper tax planning, most specifically in your retirement years.
Retire Smart Austin | Episode 201

I was reading this article, okay, on the 2025 certified CFP of standards, and I’m reading it, and I’m thinking, we’ve been talking about this for 15 years now, yeah, so we’re going to kind of dig into it today.