“Building, Protecting & Preserving Your Legacy”
Wills & trusts in plain English — no law-school language, no scare tactics. LJR Consulting Group is a veteran-owned consulting firm in Homewood, Alabama, helping families across the United States protect what they've built and keep their loved ones out of probate court.
What We Do
Every service starts with a conversation — in plain English, at your pace, with nothing to sign until you understand it.
Revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives — built around your family, not a template. A properly funded trust keeps your family out of probate court and puts you, not a judge, in charge of who gets what and who raises your children.
Title searches, examinations, and escrow services for buyers, sellers, agents, lenders, and investors — handled by a certified title examiner and underwriter. Clean titles, smooth closings, and paperwork done right the first time.
Life insurance and final-expense coverage sized to your real life — plus straight-talk financial education for families and veterans. Protection your family can count on, explained without the sales pitch.
One-on-one coaching and guidance through the VA disability benefits process — from strategy and application support to preparing for your compensation & pension exam. Jerai coaches and guides you through the process; he does not file or represent claims.
Formation guidance and practical consulting for new and growing businesses — entity setup, structure, and the unglamorous details that keep a young company out of trouble. Built by a business owner, for business owners.
A clear-eyed analysis and assessment of legal matters — what the documents say, where you stand, and what your options are — backed by a Juris Doctor (J.D.) education. Understanding first, decisions second.
Project coordination for businesses and organizations — timelines, vendors, and deliverables kept on track by someone who has run complex operations under pressure. Your project, finished on purpose.
How It Works
Call 205-920-2669 and tell us what you're trying to protect. No pressure, no obligation — just answers in plain English.
One form, broken into short steps, on this page. It asks everything needed to build your documents — including your spouse's information and guardians for your children.
Your will, trust, powers of attorney, and healthcare directives are prepared from your answers, and we walk through them with you before anything is signed.
You sign, we guide you through funding the trust — the step almost everybody skips — and your family is protected. Then you get on with living.
About Jerai
Jerai Rodriguez served in the U.S. Army from 2001 to 2009, rising to Sergeant as a Chaplain Assistant — the soldier other soldiers came to in their hardest moments. That work never really left him. After earning his Juris Doctor, he built LJR Consulting Group in Homewood, Alabama, to do for families and veterans what he did in uniform: sit down, listen, and help people put the hard things in order before they become emergencies.
Today LJR helps clients with wills and trusts, real estate title and escrow work, life insurance, VA benefits coaching, and business consulting — in plain English, from a veteran-owned firm that serves clients anywhere in the United States.
The Book
You already have an estate plan. If you didn't write it, your state did — and the state doesn't know your family. This short guide walks you through what really happens with (and without) a plan:
$2.50 — less than a cup of coffee, for a decision this big
Get the E-Book — $2.50Common Questions
A will tells the probate court what you want — but it only takes effect after you die, and your family still goes through probate to carry it out. A revocable living trust holds your assets while you're alive, you stay in full control as trustee, and when you pass, your successor trustee distributes everything privately, without court involvement. Many families need both: a trust for the assets, and a will as a safety net for anything left outside it.
Probate is the court-supervised process of validating a will, paying debts, and transferring what's left to your heirs. It's public, it can take months or longer, and the court — not your family — controls the timeline. It's the process a funded living trust is designed to let your family skip.
If you own a home, a living trust is usually worth a serious conversation. Real estate left through a will must pass through probate before your family can sell or keep it. A home titled in your trust passes directly to the people you chose, on your terms. Every situation is different — that's what the free consultation call is for.
Alabama's intestacy laws decide for you. Generally, your estate is split between your spouse and children under a fixed formula — and if you have children from a prior relationship, the split can surprise everyone. A judge also decides who raises your minor children. None of it reflects what you would have chosen; a plan is how you make the choices yourself.
Yes. LJR Consulting Group is based in Homewood, Alabama, and serves clients anywhere in the United States. Consultations and the intake process all work by phone and online, wherever you live.
Estate Planning Intake
Take your time — most families finish in about 20 minutes. Fields marked * are required. For your security, never enter bank account numbers or Social Security numbers on this form.
Your answers become the foundation of your will, trust, and related documents.
We've received your information and will be in touch shortly to schedule your consultation and walk through your plan together.
Questions in the meantime? Call us at 205-920-2669.
Contact
Consultations are by appointment — call or email and we'll find a time that works for you.
600 Beacon Parkway W, Suite 450
Homewood, AL 35209
Serving clients nationwide
by phone and online