General Financial Services, Inc.
Your Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Partner for Greater Success
Our commitment is to help you work towards achieving all your financial goals and to provide you with a “worry free” retirement. At General Financial Services, Inc., we we have a commitment to excellence in everything we do. We consider it an honor and a privilege to help our clients work towards making sound investment decisions that will contribute toward a secure future. We provide impeccable client service to help reduce taxes and protect assets by utilizing numerous investment products and strategies, so we can help protect our client’s lifestyle for a lifetime.
Helpful Content
Life Insurance Myths: Debunked
Whether you have life insurance through your work, are retired, or are raising a family, it pays to know the truth about life insurance coverage. Examine and debunk the five most common life insurance myths, and arm yourself with knowledge.
Managing Your Lifestyle
Using smart management to get more of what you want and free up assets to invest.
Investments
You’ve made investments your whole life. Work with us to help make the most of them.
Starting a Roth IRA for a Teen
This early financial decision could prove helpful over time.
U.S. Personal Savings Rate
What can be learned from the savings rate?
Not Your Parents’ Finances
From paychecks to housing costs, millennials today are confronting very different financial challenges, opportunities and...
Your Emergency Fund: How Much Is Enough?
Having an emergency fund may help alleviate the stress and worry associated with a financial crisis.
What You Should Do About Insurance Following a Divorce
In the face of divorce, making changes to insurance coverage may be overlooked.
The Business Owner’s Quick Start Guide to College Funding
As a small business owner, you’re used to having to rely on yourself for everything from retirement planning to health insurance. Saving for your children’s college fund is no different. It may seem like a daunting task, yet there are strategies you can use to help fund your children’s education.
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Social Security Taxes
Estimate how much of your Social Security benefit may be considered taxable.
Potential Income from an IRA
Estimate your monthly and annual income from various IRA types.
A Look at Systematic Withdrawals
This calculator may help you estimate how long funds may last given regular withdrawals.
Estimate Your RMD
Help determine the required minimum distribution from an IRA or other qualified retirement plan.
Should I Buy or Lease an Auto?
This calculator compares the financial impact of leasing versus buying an automobile.
Interested in a Fuel Efficient Car?
Estimate how many months it may take to recover the out-of-pocket costs when buying a more efficient vehicle.
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Your Cash Flow Statement
A presentation about managing money: using it, saving it, and even getting credit.
Investment Strategies for Retirement
Investment tools and strategies that can enable you to pursue your retirement goals.
Principles of Preserving Wealth
How federal estate taxes work, plus estate management documents and tactics.
An Inside Look at Retirement Living
A number of questions and concerns need to be addressed to help you better prepare for retirement living.
Long-Term-Care Protection Strategies
The chances of needing long-term care, its cost, and strategies for covering that cost.
Protecting Those Who Matter Most
The importance of life insurance, how it works, and how much coverage you need.
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Exit Strategies of the Rich and Famous
Estate conservation is too important to put off. Do you have a smart exit strategy?
Saving for College 101
Here’s a crash course on saving for college.
Should You Invest in Exchange Traded Funds?
There are hundreds of ETFs available. Should you invest in them?
4 Elements of an Estate Strategy
Learn about the importance of having an estate strategy in this helpful and informative video.
A Fruitful Retirement: Social Security Benefit
Taking your Social Security benefits at the right time may help maximize your benefit.
Dreaming Up an Active Retirement
When you retire, how will you treat your next chapter?