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Using Land Trust Just another strategy for investors
Its uses are: To control or purchase real estate To protect confidentiality To limit liability To help with "DOS" clauses in some cases Land trusts have been... (read more)

6 Reasons Why You Should Have a Living Trust
If you?e ever thought about a living trust, it? probably because you hate the idea of going through probate. Living trusts have been heavily marketed on that basis over the past several years and, yes, living trusts certainly do avoid probate... (read more)

New Rules for Revocable Living Trust Accounts and FDIC Insurance
On January 13, 2004, the FDIC adopted new rules for insurance coverage of living trust accounts. The new rules, which are effective on April 1, 2004, are summarized below... (read more)

Privacy Reduce your Customers Concerns by Building Trust First
Before making a purchase from you, buyers need to trust your company and think that your products and services will do what they are supposed to... (read more)

Trustee Fees: How Much is Enough and How Much is Too Much?
I am often amused by the ads and offers I see concerning living trusts.Almost always, one of the big sales pitches is how a living trust will save th*usands of doll*rs in "nasty" probate fees... (read more)

What is a Trust and what are the Benefits?
Trusts are becoming a popular way to structure business and personal affairs. If you are considering using a trust in any way, you should be clear on the legal obligations and the relationships involved... (read more)

Your Yearly Living Trust Review
Some time ago, Congress made certain changes to the estate taxes. As a result of the changes, effective January, 2004, the tax free amount increased to $1,500,000. (Back in 1997 it was $600,000... (read more)

Trust in Marriage
Trust is the basis of all human relationships. Trust can be thought of as a thermometer that can measure the positive and negative nature of a relationship. The more positive one feels about a person, the higher the trust level associated with him/her... (read more)

Trust The Most Vital Component in Leadership
"Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together. " - Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus "If you don’t believe in the messenger, you won’t believe the message... (read more)

Cultivating the Trust Factor
In today? highly competitive economy, it is difficult to maintain a significant market advantage based on your professional skills alone. Developing a trusting relationship with your clients is key to your success... (read more)

Living Trust Investing: Income Considerations when the Grantor Dies
A common problem I often see when working with living trust beneficiaries and trustees is the lack of attention in rethinking income strategies in the event of the grantor's death... (read more)

Is Your Sales Trust Factor High Enough to Win Against the Competition?
How high is your sales trust factor?Is it higher than the sales trust factor of your competition?It should be, if you want to increase your success in sales.Your trust factor represents the level of trust that buyers have in you as a seller... (read more)

10 Crucial and Surprising Steps to Build Trust in a Relationship
1. Be predictable.When do seeds of suspicion emerge? When one begins to think, What's up? Why is he doing that? He's never done that before. That is so unlike him. He loses 30 pounds, buys a new wardrobe and comes home late from work... (read more)

Living Trusts: Do They Protect Your Assets From Creditors?
A surprising number of readers want to know "Can a living trust protect my family's assets from creditors and lawsuits?"I think there are some promoters out there that use this as a pitch to get people to set up a living trust using their... (read more)

To Trust or Not to Trust !
I trusted the first part of the weather report, and when it turned out wrong, I was so disappointed. Well that's exactly what mistrust does, it sets us up for a fall.Trust is something we learn as very small babies... (read more)

Trust is Prosperity
A while back the Lord had given me this message which has prompted me to study it further and find out just what He meant. He told me, "Trust is Prosperity"... (read more)

Trust - The Most Vital Component in Leadership
"Trust is the emotional glue that binds followers and leaders together."- Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus"If you don? believe in the messenger, you won? believe the message... (read more)

Estate Planning And The Revocable Living Trust
According to Plan-My-Estate.com - With a Revocable Living Trust, you transfer the title of any of your assets (such as a house) from yourself as an individual, to yourself as Trustee of the Trust... (read more)

The Revokable Trust: Is it Really Revocable?
The revokable trust, really spelled as the revocable trust, or the revocable living trust, but many refer to as the revokable trust or the revokable living trust, is a very popular and common estate planning tool... (read more)

Establishing Trust in Grief Management Groups
Trust is the basis of all human relationships. Trust can be thought of as a tool that can measure the positive and negative nature of a relationship... (read more)

Building Blocks of a Financial Foundation
You can? build a house from the roof down, and you can? build a financial fortune from the roof down either. You have to build a foundation first.The basic foundation of wealth consists of four legal tools... (read more)

Do You Trust Your Mentor(s)?
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust." - Samuel JohnsonI was on a tele-seminar recently with International Health Coach Jeremy Likness and he asked a very interesting question about Trust... (read more)

Trust: A Critical Factor to Your Teams Success
True or false? Teams that practice good teamwork contribute to an organization? success.Not only? rue?but blatantly true... (read more)

Trust in Marriage
A couple should trust each other in many ways. When they meet new people they are expected to be trusted not to wonder from a marriage. Not to have an affair or become involved with anyone else... (read more)

What Happens if You Forget to Put Title to an Asset into Your Revocable Living Trust?
Previously, we discussed the problems that arise if you fail to place title to your assets into the name of your revocable living trust.In one article, I shared the problem of the widow... (read more)