by Maureen Laupp | May 4, 2022 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Investing, LLC, Newsletter, Phocus Law
By Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq., Phocus Law I did not make the title of this article a line from The Offspring just for fun. It is also sound advice for investors. The question I get asked more than ANY other question from real estate investors is some iteration of,...
by Maureen Laupp | Apr 1, 2022 | Asset Protection, Business Planning, Estate Planning, Investing, Newsletter, Phocus Law
By: Michael J. “Mick” McGirr, Esq. Phocus Law Typically, I write in this space about topics affecting transactions, contracts, or the nuts and bolts of different aspects of your deals. That is because I spend 90% or more of my time working on the business end of...
by Maureen Laupp | Aug 21, 2018 | Asset Protection, Did You Know..., Investing, Landlord, Landlord Tenant Law, Legal Procedures, Market Changes, Property Management, Property Manager, Rentals, Small Business, Zona Law Group
In the June meeting, Mark Zinman gave a presentation on SB 1376, which is a bill he helped draft and testified in support of at the Arizona legislature. SB 1376, which is now codified in A.R.S. 33-1368 and A.R.S. 33-1370, changes several laws regarding storage of a...
by Maureen Laupp | Jul 17, 2018 | Asset Protection, Did You Know..., Investing
With the Monsoon season upon us, here are the best practices for maximizing an insurance loss to real property Today’s investors are in a unique position at times to manage an insurance loss to their properties, while still conducting their normal business activities....
by Maureen Laupp | Sep 20, 2012 | Asset Protection, Investing, Legal Procedures, Seminar
Your ability to make money on business and real estate deals is directly related to your knowledge of the law. Whether it is structuring the deal or trimming the tax burdens, the law can turn a bad deal into a good deal and a good deal into a great deal. In fact, if...
by Marianne Kingman | Jun 4, 2012 | Asset Protection, Financing, Legal Procedures, Tax Law
Tax advisers, including our tax attorneys and accountants at Kingman Winslow, LLC, are already making special plans ahead of filing season next year, when they expect big problems if Congress doesn’t confront major tax provisions set to expire at the end of...
by Mark Zinman | Jan 7, 2011 | Asset Protection, Trustee Sales
A good investor knows not only the possible benefits he can receive in a given transaction, but also the potential liability he faces. Despite the simplicity of this, many clients and investors I speak to are unaware of the potential liability they face when...
by Kent Phelps | Dec 9, 2010 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
By Kent Phelps, Attorney, Durfee & Phelps PLLC The estate tax issue may be closer to resolution today than any time in the last 9 years –at least for the next 24 months. Earlier today, President Obama held a news conference confirming he has reached a compromise...
by Kent Phelps | Dec 8, 2010 | Asset Protection, Estate Planning
By Kent Phelps, Attorney, Durfee & Phelps, PLLC Our play-by-play updates on the estate tax drama created by the deal between President Obama and Republicans continue. In a nutshell: the deal could lose Republican support if Harry Reid’s online gambling amendment...