This interesting article caught my eye because I represent some professional athletes including MLB players and because I live in Arizona. It has a really interesting bit of info at the end. The conventional wisdom at play in the U.S. is that the best way to raise government revenues is to tax wealth creators at the very […]
Arizona Asset Protection Lawyer Ike Devji in Financial Consultant Magazine
Attorney Ike Devji was recently featured as an author in the premier issue of Financial Consultant Magazine. Ike’s article, “The Growing Role Of Financial Advisors – Asset Protection” takes a look at the financial devastation that many successful professionals experienced over the last few years and the role that top advisors must play in helping their […]
Protecting Your Business: Trade Secrets and Intangible Assets
Convert Your Intangible Assets Into Corporate Crown Jewels Many businesses have substantial amounts of intangible assets in various forms that comprise a good portion of the business’ value. Today we turn to Attorney Scott Gibson with Law firm of Davis, Miles in Tempe Arizona for guidance on how to do so in a safe and reliable […]
Personal Guarantee Insurance for Doctors, Investors, Business Owners
Personal Guarantee Insurance for Doctors (and everyone else) Source: Physicians Practice Non-medical business exposures that threaten doctors’ financial solvency continue to grow in scope and number. This week we take a look a relatively new type of risk-management product: Personal Guarantee (PG) Insurance. We’ve covered both exposure related to residential and commercial real estate debt […]
HOW TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE TAX LIABILITY REGARDING MORTGAGE DEBT FORGIVENESS
This week we take a look at the tax liability associated with mortgage debt forgiveness and how it can be reduced or eliminated. Given what’s happened in the real estate market over the last six years of the recession this is a vital issue for both casual investors and real estate professionals like developers and […]
10 Survival Tips on Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors & Owners
Real estate management issues fall into several basic categories: debt, liability, and loss. We provide an introduction to these issues to help you get your house in order below. As many business owners and physicians also have investment in real estate outside their business itself, I’ve included issues of wide applicably. Debt The nature of […]
Arizona Anti-Deficiency Overview – An Asset Protection Road-map
As we have discussed often in this forum, Asset Protection NOT just about lawsuits, it’s increasingly about any source of loss, risk or exposure to your hard earned wealth. In some cases your assets themselves, like real estate, create the liability we are concerned about. Given the carnage in the real estate market over the […]
Deeding Your Home To An Asset Protection Trust: Due-On-Sale Clause Lies
Great simple article on protection of your home using an Asset Protection Trust by my associate Douglass Lodmell. Many of our clients have six and seven figures in home equity. We are routinely shocked at how many successful eductaed people who have detailed and expensive estate plans in place were simply told to put it […]
Short Sale Time Bomb Affects all Buyers and sellers as Mortgage Debt Relief Act Expires – 2012
Asset Protection is increasingly broadening in what people want from it, it’s not just about litigation and must include an analysis of ALL risks to our clients’ wealth including those posed by debt, investments, taxes, insurance gaps and most notably over the last 5 years, real estate. Below, Realtor Alex Goldstein, who has helped many navigate […]
Real Estate Liabilities and Physicians’ Financial Solvency
As an asset protection attorney, my primary responsibility has always been helping clients identify and proactively plan against as many litigation-related exposures as possible. That planning now includes a more complete evaluation of financial and economic risks than ever before. Below is one common example that illustrates the challenges many are facing and the importance […]
