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Posted on Aug 19, 2019
Each co-owner in a tenancy-in-common or tenant-in-common owns a divided fractional share of the property. This creates serious lawsuit dangers and, reciprocally, no creditor protection. There are many ...
Continue reading "What Are The Dangers of Owning Assets as Tenants-In-Common?" »
Posted on Aug 12, 2019
Every entrepreneur and business owner knows the depth of passion and work that goes into owning and running their own business. The hours that are never tracked, the behind the scenes work, and time ...
Continue reading "Business Succession Planning - The Entrepreneur's Legacy" »
Posted on Aug 5, 2019
There are some assets that are exempt under federal law, but most exemptions come from state law. Exemption planning is the process of reorganizing one's wealth so that as much as possible is ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2019
When faced with the perspective of losing a large amount of your assets to a creditor, many ideas might be running through your mind. There are things you can do to mitigate the damage but hiding your ...
Continue reading "Can a Creditor Find My Undisclosed Assets?" »
Posted on Jul 22, 2019
One goal of Asset Protection is to convert your unencumbered assets into debt-ridden assets worthless to a plaintiff. Equity stripping or encumbering an asset removes its value from potential ...
Continue reading "How to Encumber or Equity Strip an Asset" »
Posted on Jul 15, 2019
Land trusts are increasingly popular for real estate investors who want anonymity as an extra layer of protection. The property in trust isn’t directly connected to the owner through the public ...
Continue reading "Why is Using a Land Trust for Your Real Estate a Bad Decision?" »
Posted on Jul 8, 2019
Homestead exemptions can be a great tool for Asset Protection, depending on the state in which you live. The homestead exemption helps protect your home from creditors. Homestead laws apply only to ...
Continue reading "How Powerful is the Homestead Protection?" »
Posted on Jul 1, 2019
Lawsuits are a rapidly growing business and for anyone who has worked hard to accumulate any significant wealth in their life you may find yourself at risk of being dragged into one. Whether a ...
Continue reading "Three Steps to Better Asset Protection" »
Posted on Jun 24, 2019
The limited liability company "LLC" is one of the most well-known business entities and usually works well for most businesses. The LLC is a flexible formation that blends elements of the ...
Continue reading "How Can You Increase the Protection of Your LLC?" »
Posted on Jun 17, 2019
Real estate is one of the oldest and most consistent forms of investing. When investing in real estate, you should always own the property in a Limited Liability Company “LLC”. The LLC is ...
Continue reading "Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors" »
Posted on Jun 10, 2019
Homestead protection protects the value of your home from creditors. Depending on which state you reside in, homestead law may partially or fully protect your home from creditors. Each state has its ...
Continue reading "Why Homestead Law Is a Critical Component of Asset Protection" »
Posted on Jun 3, 2019
If you own property jointly or are considering it, it is imperative that you understand the different co-ownership options. Often when deciding on the type of co-ownership, one is focused on the value ...
Continue reading "Is Co-Ownership of Property the Best Decision?" »
Posted on May 24, 2019
It is unfortunate, but a reality in today’s society is that you can be sued for almost anything. However, it is not whether you are sued that is important, what really matters is if someone can ...
Continue reading "How Can Asset Protection Deter Litigation?" »
Posted on May 20, 2019
One of the most important things you can do when it comes to your wealth is to have a complete financial team to help manage your decisions. We don’t recommend making any big decisions regarding ...
Continue reading "Do You Have the Proper Financial Team?" »
Posted on May 13, 2019
There are a few options available to you but the one we most frequently use is limited partnerships (LPs). You can use limited partnerships to protect your liquid investments such as cash, CDs, mutual ...
Continue reading "What Is the Best Way to Protect Investments and Liquid Assets?" »
Posted on May 6, 2019
One of the smartest things you can do when setting up your business is separating the assets from the operations. This is especially important if you have significant assets or a high-risk business. ...
Continue reading "If You Own a Business You Must Separate Your Assets." »
Posted on Apr 29, 2019
There are many reasons why international Asset Protection is so effective. One reason, for example, is that international Asset Protection centers don’t enforce U.S. judgments or judicial or ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2019
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545} There are two basic types of trusts, a revocable trust and an irrevocable trust. Which trust is the best to use? ...
Continue reading "Are Your Trust Assets Safe From Creditors?" »
Posted on Apr 15, 2019
There are literally hundreds, or even thousands, of ways to shield your assets. There are many more entities we could discuss in one blog post, but most entities and strategies, conceptually at least, ...
Continue reading "What Is The Best Way To Shield or "Firewall" My Assets?" »
Posted on Apr 8, 2019
Is Your Liability Insurance Enough? Liability insurance is important, but liability insurance can’t replace the other ways to protect yourself. Liability insurance insures only one in three ...
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Posted on Apr 1, 2019
Do you think that you don’t need Asset Protection? Maybe you don’t have many assets to protect or their value is not that high. Or maybe you believe that because you’re very careful, ...
Continue reading "Don't Fool Yourself. Your Wealth Needs Protection." »
Posted on Mar 25, 2019
The sad reality of today’s litigious society is that it’s not if you get sued, but when. Litigation has become a trillion-dollar industry. In 2018, there were 1.34 millions lawyers in the ...
Continue reading "Protect Yourself Before You Get Sued!" »
Posted on Mar 18, 2019
Why do parents spend their lifetime scrimping, saving, and sheltering their wealth, only to leave their fortune to their kids who spend or lose it with their own lawsuits, bankruptcy, divorces, and so ...
Continue reading "Don't Let Your Children Lose Their Inheritance!" »
Posted on Mar 11, 2019
The family residence is often titled to the spouse who is “less vulnerable”. While this makes the home safer, it has its drawbacks. The reality is that neither spouse is immune to ...
Continue reading "Should the home be titled to the less vulnerable spouse?" »
Posted on Mar 4, 2019
Protectively titling your corporate shares to a Limited Partnership or similar protective entity is one of the best methods to make your stock less attractive to a prospective litigant. However, this ...
Continue reading "Make Stock Less Attractive to Prospective Litigants" »
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