This book cuts through the confusion that pervades today’s real estate investor’s understanding of asset protection. It provides in depth, easy to understand analysis of different asset protection entities as they relate to real estate investing. Don’t just take your attorney’s or CPA’s word that his strategy is effective in addressing your concerns. Asset protection is more than the one-size-fits-all approach offered by many professionals not attune to the legal and tax aspects of real estate investing.
This book examines many of the entities and strategies used by real estate investors today to protect their wealth and then offers solutions given a variety of investment situations. Inside you will learn the following:
- How to protect your wealth through exemption planning
- When you should avoid asset protection planning
- How land trusts can benefit you when it comes to real estate investing.
- Equity stripping techniques designed to make your real estate investments appear worthless to creditors
- Strategies for the buy and hold investor that minimize taxes, reduce costs, and protect assets for the long term
- How you can control everything but appear to own nothing.
- When you should use a corporation for your real estate investing and when you should avoid it.
- The benefits of forming business entities Nevada or Wyoming and when you should avoid using these jurisdictions in your planning
- Why you should take advantage of disregarded limited liability companies in your investing.
- Self directed IRA investing in real estate and its challenges
