Living Trust
Advisory Group
A properly designed estate plan provides for your family, avoids probate, protects your assets, and ensures your wishes are carried out, all while bringing real peace of mind.
Built on a partnership with Integrated Trust Systems, serving families since 1985.
The Living Trust Advisory Group is proud to partner with Integrated Trust Systems, a company that has helped individuals and families navigate estate planning since 1985 and is widely regarded as a leader in the digital trust industry.
Russ Tessman is the founder, executive director, and senior advisor with the Living Trust Advisory Group. He has served individuals and companies in the Des Moines area and throughout the United States since 1993, bringing integrity, compassion, and genuine service to every client preparing for retirement and for passing on their inheritance to their families.
Outside of work, Russ is the proud father of five grown children and enjoys his eight grandchildren, all of whom live in Iowa. He's actively involved in his church and stays active himself, especially on the disc golf course and the pickleball court.
Russ also serves as executive director of Give Kenya Hope, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting an orphanage in Kitale, Kenya that has rescued 700 children and given them hope and direction for the future.
Mo Dadkhah is a licensed attorney in Nevada, Arizona, and Illinois. He was born and raised in the Chicagoland area where he began to develop his professional skills, through close ties with his family and surroundings, at an early age. He graduated law school in 2009 and immediately formed his own Law Firm while blending the same with the founding and management of Main Street Real Estate, LLC in Chicago. Mo's dedicated and accomplished work helped get him named as a "Top 50 Attorney" by the (Trailblazers & Leaders) Top 100 Magazine. He was also recognized as a "Power Player" in the Chicago Scene magazine while being on the Chicago Agent Magazine's Who's Who list for seven consecutive years. He additionally held board seats at the Chicago Association of Realtors and hosted WGN's Market Overdrive radio show.
Now serving as President and Chief Counsel of Integrated Trust Systems (ITS), Mo brings a blended range of professional knowledge and experience into the estate planning arena for the benefit of ITS clients in helping them, in tandem with their advisors, to protect themselves and their families in constructing meaningful and effective estate plans. Mo closely embraces honesty and full transparency in offering professional care for every client's individual needs no matter how large or small their concerns.
In his free time, Mo loves competing in auto racing, martial arts, and hanging out as a loving husband and father to his family.
Ed Kaiser award-winning professional with over ten years of multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplined legal practice. His expertise spans multiple practice areas, including real estate, business law, estates and trusts, litigation and dispute resolution. In 2022, Ed received the Emerging Leaders Award from RealTrends Magazine, a national trade publication. Ed graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with a degree in English in 2007, and he graduated magna cum laude and earned his Juris Doctorate from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul in 2010. Ed has practiced primarily as in-house counsel for various mid-sized Midwestern companies, with licenses to practice law in Nevada, Minnesota and Wisconsin. As a legal advisor, Ed prioritizes open communication and a personalized approach, fostering strong client relationships built on trust, empathy, and mutual respect. Ed's clients appreciate his easy-going demeanor and ability to explain complex legal concepts in a clear and understandable manner, empowering them to make informed decisions about their legal matters.
Probate often becomes a long, expensive, frustrating, and contentious process, and it is totally unnecessary. With a simple, affordable living trust, probate becomes totally avoidable.
Our healthcare directive card is a game changer. We provide an Advanced Medical Directive, Healthcare Power of Attorney, Living Will, and HIPAA Medical Privacy Statement.
We offer whole life, term, Indexed Universal Life, and Final Expense policies with twenty of the strongest carriers, tailored to protect your loved ones cost-effectively.
Many people enter retirement facing an income gap that forces a change in lifestyle. We help bridge that gap with safe money accounts and a team of experts who help make sure your investment strategy is the right one for you.
One of the most common worries entering the golden years is what happens if long term care becomes necessary. There are options available to alleviate that concern.
Having a will alone guarantees probate. A living trust guarantees that you can avoid probate. There are an average of 230 new probate cases that open in every state every day. The number one mistake that many families and individuals make is stopping once they have a will in place, not realizing that this will leave their families to go through the painful process of probate.
Tailored to your particular situation and desires. Never a one-size-fits-all template.
We sit down together to analyze your situation and your wishes, and determine if a living trust makes sense for you. We use a no-pressure process to figure out what's best.
After exploring your desires, we come up with a clear strategy to put you and your family into the best possible position.
The process we have established for our clients is simple and straightforward. We believe that it is also the most affordable option available.
You're never on your own. Changes can be made simply, quickly, and without additional cost, and we make sure your trust is properly managed and executed.
Tell Russ a little about your situation, and he'll reach out to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation, by phone or in person.
Helping families navigate estate planning since 1985.
Integrated Trust Systems has helped families navigate the estate planning arena since 1985, and we're thrilled to partner with them. We believe they offer the best product, at the best price, backed by the best people.
Just as telephones have evolved from the days of hanging on a wall shared with a party line, to a smart phone with the capacity of a powerful computer, so the trust business has evolved through innovative technology. ITS has been at the forefront of these innovations and our customers are the beneficiaries of their creativity.
We're especially impressed with their attorneys: some of the highest-rated in the trust space. They don't talk like typical lawyers. They care deeply about every client, answer questions in plain language, and stay accessible through the trust platform they've built.
Learn more at integratedtrustsystems.com.
A portion of every dollar we earn goes toward that belief.
We believe we've all been placed on this earth to help one another, and that it's especially important to help those with little ability to help themselves. That's why a portion of every revenue we produce is donated to Give Kenya Hope, a nonprofit supporting the Royale Children's Center in Kitale, Kenya.
That organization has rescued 700 children from incredibly difficult circumstances and brought them into a home where they receive love, food, clothing, care, and an education.
Learn more at givekenyahope.orgWhether you're ready to plan or still deciding what's right for your family, reach out any time. There's no pressure, and no obligation.