Purpose with Mark Bertrang

After the Wedding Day, the day-to-day work begins to build and sustain a healthy marriage.

This document allows you to plan for your future financial decisions-making, even if you are unable to make your own decisions. It allows you to have a choice in the continued life that you wish to live. Today the choice is yours, but by waiting to address this important legal document it may place the responsibility and choices in the hands of someone who you may not have chosen or who would agree with your wishes would have been.

Automobile insurance seems like "have to" insurance, since most states require you to "have to have it" to operate a motor vehicle on its public roads; but legally required coverage maybe quite different from the coverage you might actually want or need. Agent Susan Hewines answers questions on what choices a driver should consider when purchasing automobile insurance.

Learn what is on Mark Bertrang's reading list for Spring 2019.

Ever wanted to eavesdrop into a conversation? Mark Bertrang visits with Jennifer Schrader about making perhaps one of the single largest purchases of your lifetime. Mark and Jennifer discuss the ins and outs of mortgage loans, the qualification process and the types of loans you might choose from. Think of this visit as a class in "Home Mortgages 101". Jennifer has a unique perspective. She has worked in banking and was also a longtime realtor, but her love is finding the right mortgage loan solution for her clients. This conversation provides great insight into the loan process, while dispensing some lifetime wisdom. Share this knowledge with others by forwarding it to those who are considering home ownership for themselves for the first time or a if there is a new home (and a new loan process) in their future.

Death is the last part of our lives that we often feel we have no control over; but there is a way to be in charge of the wishes of how your last days maybe lived. Mark visits with Denise Nicholson, RN in the healing garden of Gundersen Health System about this most important document. During this conversation, you can literally download an online form and follow along during our conversation to document the choices and the desires for your end of life care. Don't let your family suffer through the unknown, without your stated directions being clearly stated. Mark and Denise share this intimate conversation together to help provide you and your family peace of mind during one of life's most difficult moments.

Guest - Pastor Matt Toso, ELCA provides his career wisdom in this discussion, that few ever wish to discuss, until its at a family's doorstep.

A home purchase or the selling of a home may be the single largest asset transaction you might ever make during your lifetime. There is a lot to consider throughout such a transaction. During this episode Mark visits with Realtors - Betty Bertrang and Amy Hatlevig for their insight, expedience and wisdom.

Mark Bertrang visits with Kenn Tacchino, JD, LLM, professor of taxation and financial planning at Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. Kenn shares his advice through three top-10 lists that may help you strive to achieve a comfortable retirement for yourself.

Wedding Planning - Whether you are the bride or the parents of the bride, there is a lot to decide way before the big day arrives. Where should you begin? Mark Bertrang visits with Nancy Flottmeyer, professional wedding planner, about the many decisions to consider when planning a wedding during this episode of Discovering Wisdom, over Coffee with Mark Bertrang.