Asset Protection Blog
Posted on Feb 18, 2019
Property foreclosures pose dangers to one’s wealth. But even when a lender foreclosures, you haven’t necessarily lost your property. If the lender repurchased the property it’s ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2019
Gifting your loved one something expensive for Valentine’s Day? There are many ways to legally and ethically protect your major assets...but don’t overlook “smaller” ones. ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2019
Asset Protection Attorneys use a number of strategies to protectively title a client’s assets against future potential threats and creditors. Common techniques include layering firewalls and ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2019
Asset Protection is just one of your many financial goals. Most people have Estate Planning, tax, and investment goals as well. The best planning creatively combines Asset Protection with other ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2019
The new year is the perfect time to start thinking about a meeting with your Estate Planning Attorney. It’s a good habit to review your documents every year. If you have experienced any major ...
Continue reading "When is it time to update your Estate Plan?" »
Posted on Jan 14, 2019
Operating your business as a corporation or Limited Liability Company (LLC) won't guarantee that a corporate creditor won't sue you personally to collect a corporate debt. Corporate creditors ...
Continue reading "Establish Your Corporation as a Separate Entity for Corporate Protection" »
Posted on Jan 7, 2019
If your Limited Liability Company (LLC) owns substantial real estate – or if your LLC includes non-family members – you'll want stronger protection. To directly own your LLC membership ...
Continue reading "Double Your Protection: Have a Limited Partnership Own Your LLC" »
Posted on Dec 31, 2018
If your company has serious litigation, or lender or creditor problems, refrain from hastily filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The reality is that most small companies don't survive Chapter 11. More ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2018
It's often wise to title your home to a Single-Member Limited Liability Company (LLC) because the home titled to the LLC avoids a judgment creditor's attachment from clouding the home's ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2018
A transfer is considered fraudulent if made with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor. There's no bright-line rule here. A judge looks for indicia or ...
Continue reading "Stay Clear of Fraudulent Transfer Badges" »
Posted on Dec 10, 2018
Protecting your home starts with your homestead protection. Five states completely homestead protect the family home; however, most states only partly creditor-shield the home. States with homestead ...
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Posted on Dec 3, 2018
Books have been written about fraudulent transfers. Mention Asset Protection and you'll have questions about this important topic. It's not necessary to become an expert on fraudulent ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2018
Never confuse secrecy or concealing assets with Asset Protection. Financial privacy can be helpful, but once you're sued you can no longer rely upon secrecy because a judgment creditor can compel ...
Continue reading "Why Hide Your Assets? Sell Your Protection Instead!" »
Posted on Nov 19, 2018
Back to basics: How can you protect your assets? The Asset Protection Attorneys of The Presser Law Firm, P.A. mostly use one of three strategies, or " pillars of protection." The first ...
Continue reading "Only Own Self-Protected Assets in Your Own Name" »
Posted on Nov 12, 2018
Do you think that you don't need Asset Protection? That you're too poor; that you have too few assets to protect; that you're too careful; that nobody would sue you? Nonsense! Let's ...
Continue reading "Forget the Myths and Fallacies, You Need Asset Protection" »
Posted on Nov 5, 2018
Co-ownership planning is the concurrent ownership of property by two or more people. The most common co-ownerships involve assets owned between spouses. When we refer to co-ownerships, we do not ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2018
Estate Planning often involves the process of ensuring an individual’s family is taken care of in the event of incapacity or death, as well as determining who will receive an inheritance. ...
Continue reading "Disinheriting a Family Member in Your Estate Plan" »
Posted on Oct 22, 2018
While Asset Protection is 100% legal, the moral or ethical quandaries are another issue entirely. Some people believe it’s unethical or improper to shelter their assets from those who have a ...
Continue reading "What Are the Ethics of Using Asset Protection to Prevent Creditors from Getting Paid?" »
Posted on Oct 15, 2018
For the safest protection, you should keep a portion of your assets in an international jurisdiction. International family wealth planning has been popular for 2,000 years, originating with the Roman ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2018
Once a property is protectively titled, its exposed equity can be reduced with debt-shields, as we suggest with the family home. You want to adopt the same equity reduction strategies you'd use ...
Continue reading "Using Debt-Shields to Reduce the Exposed Equity of Protectively-Titled Property" »
Posted on Oct 1, 2018
The Revocable Living Trust is very popular in America. A living trust helps you avoid the cost and delay of probate. You can also avoid the dangers from jointly owning assets. But here’s the ...
Continue reading "Does a Revocable Living Trust offer Lawsuit Protection?" »
Posted on Sep 24, 2018
The best time to protect yourself is before a creditor threat is foreseeable. While it’s not necessarily too late to protect yourself after you have been sued, you must think and act defensively ...
Continue reading "You Need to Protect Your Assets Sooner Than You Think" »
Posted on Sep 17, 2018
The belief that there could be a ‘one-size fits all’ Asset Protection plan is a common myth that needs to be destroyed. No such thing exists. That’s not to say some “Asset ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2018
A fraudulent transfer occurs when a debtor sells or gives away assets for less than fair value in an attempt to defraud a creditor. Given certain circumstances, courts can invalidate and revoke these ...
Continue reading "What is the statute of limitations for a creditor to recover fraudulently transferred assets?" »
Posted on Sep 4, 2018
In the United States, any person over the age of 18 is entitled to create a Will. Legal age varies by state, and some even allow minors to create Wills at the ages of 14 or 16. Without a Will, state ...
Continue reading "At what age should I create my first will?" »
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