Archive for ‘Limited Liability Company’
American Asset Protection..Seriously?
by Bobby Casey You are probably reading the title thinking I have lost my mind. Your thoughts are probably something like this; “He promotes offshore asset protection as a necessity in these tumultuous times. How can he rationally recommend asset protection structures in the US?” While it is true, I do think offshore companies, offshore [...]
Is New Zealand the Switzerland of the South Pacific?
by Evgeny Orlov, Attorney at Law LOOK THROUGH COMPANY PROVES NEW ZEALAND BEING THE SWITZERLAND OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC The Look Through Company is New Zealand’s latest exciting contribution to the asset protection and wealth acceleration and structuring industry. Due to the National Governments increasing awareness and commitment to the international financial industry (and NZ [...]
Your 2nd Home – Offshore
by Mark Nestmann Owning real estate in another country provides many benefits for U.S. investors: A non-reportable offshore asset (if owned individually). A refuge in times of political or economic uncertainty. The possibility for profit from rental income or if the value of the property appreciates. In one country (St. Kitts and Nevis), purchase of [...]
Mike the Good Ole Country Boy vs. Lester the Scoundrel
by Bobby Casey Over the past couple of weeks I have gotten an enormous number of inquiries regarding offshore banking and how this is implemented with asset protection planning. For many of you reading this, you may already have an offshore bank account and possibly an offshore company in a place like Seychelles, Belize, Nevis, [...]
Protect your Real Estate Assets Like the Uber-Rich
By Bobby Casey In my consulting business, I frequently work with real estate investors who are interested in creating a bulletproof asset protection plan to shield themselves from predatory litigation. From my viewpoint, real estate investors have one of the highest risk profiles of any business person. Clearly the world is more litigious today than [...]
Incorporating in Belize
by Jay Butler In 1996, the United States of America tried to pressure the sovereign nation of Belize into signing the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT). Belize refused as such a treaty would allow for the exchange of confidential information, such as bank records and other sensitive information, based on a broad range of requests [...]
You’ll Never Guess What Just Happened in Washington
By Jeff Schneider, PassportIRA Surprise! A unanimous vote out of Washington DC. Congress was hard at work again Thursday doing what they do best, increasing debt. Although the debt limit no longer makes headlines, the federal government was once again set to run out of money at midnight on Friday. Although no budget can be [...]
I’m Mad as Hell…
by Bobby Casey …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 [...]
Avoid the Retirement Dilemma
by Gregg Wood, Silver Stream Advisors Using Your IRA or 401k to Invest in Real Estate Assets Imagine working 90 hours per week for 30 years as a waitress and only saving $110,000 in your retirement plan; only to have a greedy, self-interested financial advisor put your funds in the market in 1998. Three years [...]
The Trust Protector’s Role in Offshore Asset Protection
by Bob Matthews How to Properly Use a Trust Protector with Offshore Asset Protection What is a trust protector? What are the duties and powers of a trust protector? Trust Protector(s) can be someone close to family or your accountant, CPA or lawyer. When presenting potential clients with different asset protection options, systems, and strategies, [...]
A Simple Analogy for a Mega-Trend in your Retirement
by Jeff Schneider, PassportIRA Protect your Retirement Assets from Nationalization 70 million US taxpayers are set to retire in the next 19 years. That’s over 10,000 retirement parties every single day. This, along with the ongoing economic turmoil, leads to many dynamic changes to businesses and individual’s daily lives. There is no doubt the baby [...]
Incorporating In Hong Kong
by Jay Butler, Asset Protection Services On July 1st, 1997 sovereignty was transferred from England to Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, thus ending 156 years of British Colonial rule. Hong Kong has the highest degree of autonomy under China’s new “one country, two systems” policy and is [...]
Asset Protection in the 21st Century
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director, Global Wealth Protection LLC Using Family Limited Partnerships and Asset Protection Trusts You can bet it wasn’t a predatory attorney who said, “Money isn’t everything.” Because when it comes to the dysfunctional U.S. tort system, money is what it’s all about. The ugly truth is that your wealth is no longer [...]
