# What Most Families Get Wrong About Passing Down Wealth, with Andrea Baumann Lustig

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Podcast: [Afford Anything | Get Smarter With Money](https://stenobird.com/podcast/afford-anything-make-smart-money-choices-49454)
Published: 2026-06-19T16:56:00+00:00
Episode link: https://affordanything.com/episode725
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#725: Most people assume their financial advisor is legally required to put their interests first. That's not always true. Andrea Baumann Lustig, a wealth advisor with 30 years of experience, joins us to walk through the blind spots she sees most often in legacy planning -- the deeply held beliefs that quietly undermine people's financial futures. We start with something most people never think to ask: how is your advisor actually registered? There are three categories. Registered representatives (stockbrokers) are held to a "best interest" standard - but they don't have to disclose when they earn a higher commission for recommending a specific investment. Fiduciaries are held to a stricter standard - they must put your interests ahead of their own. And 45 percent of advisors are dually registered, meaning they can switch between those two standards depending on which account they're discussing with you. Most clients have no idea this is happening. From there, we dig into what Lustig calls the "quarterback" problem. Many people have a financial advisor, an estate planning attorney, an accountant, and an insurance agent - but those specialists never talk to each other. Without someone coordinating the full picture, opportunities get missed and risks go unseen. We also talk through what happens when people try to manage everything themselves, why having multiple investment advisors can actually backfire (think: wash sale rule violations and hidden concentration risk), and why a revocable trust matters even if you don't think you're wealthy enough to need one. Lustig explains the three Ps a revocable trust protects against - probate, incapacitation, and privacy - and why even people in their 30s and 40s should consider setting one up now. The conversation closes with advi…

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