Posts in February, 2014

Feb 24 What is incapacity planning and what types of incapacity planning arrangements are there?

There are seven major types of incapacity planning arrangements that are important to discuss here. The following is an overview ...

Feb 17 What if a home equity line of credit covers only part of the equity? How do you shelter the remaining equity?

Your goal is to have your home 100 percent encumbered. Shopping for a second or third mortgage is one possibility. Lenders may ...

Feb 10 Wouldn't encumbering my home, such as getting a secured line of credit, be a good way to protect it?

It makes a lot of sense for the reasons we just explained. We advise our clients to always keep their home fully encumbered by ...

Feb 03 Are there ways to build on the protection of the single-member LLC?

There are a number of ways to strengthen the arrangement. One way is to have the LLC that owns the home fully-owned by an ...