I’m Mad as Hell…

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…and I’m not going to take it anymore.  This is the sentiment expressed around the US through the recent ‘Occupy Wall Street (OWS)’ movement that seems to be flaring tempers on both sides of the argument. Living in Eastern Europe, I am somewhat sheltered from this, but with Facebook and all of the news outlets [...]

I’m Buying Call Options on Entrepreneurship

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Asset Protection – Entrepreneurship Over the past week I have been working with one of my asset protection clients developing a strategy for him to minimize his risk.  He is a commercial real estate entrepreneur with a fairly large 8 figure net worth.  Every time I work with successful entrepreneurs like him I can feel [...]

Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet Hole

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If you can fog a mirror you are certainly aware of the Obamessiah’s grand plan to save jobs in America.  If you are so inclined you can read the full 199 page proposal here. For those of you not inclined to read the musings of Barry O and his legal minions, let me summarize his [...]

EscapeWealth Launch

This week I am going to keep this exceptionally short and sweet. I have been busy working on a new, but related business venture. We have partnered with EscapeArtist to now run their asset protection portal – EscapeWealth. I am very excited about this project as it allows us to partner with the world’s leading [...]

I’m Not Chicken Little

Last night I was working a bit on the computer on a couple of new projects. I found years ago that running multiple monitors dramatically increases my productivity. I keep various tasks on the monitors eliminating the need to switch back and forth. It really is a time saver. On one of the monitors I [...]

Offshore Asset Protection Pt 2

In last week’s newsletter titled “Are We Slaves to the State”, I discussed the morality of taxation and a very short window of opportunity to save yourself an enormous amount of money on estate taxes. At the same time you can allow your heirs to opt out of the US tax trap with your estate. [...]

The Procrastinator’s Doctrine

Over the past week I have spoken to a few existing and potential clients who still seem reluctant to ‘pull the trigger’ on completing their own asset protection plan. Yesterday, I spoke to a woman who mentioned that she realizes it is something she needs to do, but is struggling with the idea of spending [...]

Protect Your Assets Now

In order to get the people to believe the US is the best place to do business, it must first BE the best place to do business.  And this involves creating the proper incentives.  I truly  believe that a large part of this needs to begin with a massively overhauled tax code similar to what [...]

Small Business Tax Hikes – Asset Protection

In a recent article from Bloomberg on June12th, Senator Snowe, a Republican from Maine, called the new jobs bill a ‘poison pill’ for small business growth and investment. Snowe is talking about HR 4213, so aptly named the “American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010″.  Ironically, the loophole that looks to get closed [...]