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The Ethics of Asset Protection

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PIMD welcomes the White Coat Investor. WCI is a physician-specific personal finance and investing website. The White Coat Investor can help you to become financially literate and disciplined, which will allow you to spend your time and effort on your patients, your family, and your own wellness. WCI truly believes that a financially secure doctor is a better partner, parent, and practitioner. White Coat Investor is an affiliate partner of PIMD.

When I first started blogging at The White Coat Investor, I thought I’d be writing frequently about asset protection. It was one of the five or six main topics on the blog. Then I discovered the truth about asset protection what most doctors don’t know: it’s incredibly rare to lose personal assets in a malpractice lawsuit. Being a risk-taker by nature, I quit worrying all that much about it, especially when I realized the majority of my net worth at the time was in retirement accounts that had excellent asset protection from my potential creditors.

I’ve still written about asset protection from time to time on the blog, and I talk about it all the time because the docs are so interested in it. It’s in the WCI Online

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Real Estate Agents vs. Realtors vs. Brokers: What’s the Difference?

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The process of choosing a real estate agent should be a careful one. You want to work with a professional…

The process of choosing a real estate agent should be a careful one. You want to work with a professional who will not only act in your best interest, but will also effectively guide you every step of the way so you feel confident about your home sale or purchase.

But when you’re browsing for potential agents, how do you decipher the differences between a licensed agent, a Realtor and a real estate broker? Does one guarantee you an unmatched level of service, and should you take the title into account when deciding who to work with?

— What real estate agents do.

— What brokers associates are.

— What brokers are.

— What Realtors are.

— Other types of real estate agents.

— What type of real estate agent should you choose?

[Related:How to Find a Real Estate Agent]

If you have trouble understanding the differences between a real estate agent, realtor or broker, don’t worry — you’re not alone.

To help you tell them apart, we’ve broken down the types of licensed real estate professionals based

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US man dies from stroke days after realtor found him but didn’t call for help | North Carolina

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A US family has demanded an investigation after its patriarch reportedly died within days of having a stroke in his home and being found but left on the floor by a real estate agent who never called anyone for help.

Loved ones of the dead man – 69-year-old Randy Vaughan of North Carolina – are raising questions about whether the realtor should have been expected to do more. The state agency that oversees realtors in North Carolina has indicated it is opening an inquiry into the case and is scheduling interviews with Vaughan’s family about his death, the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper reported Friday.

“It’s about basic decency, caring for your fellow human beings and being a professional,” Vaughan’s brother, Doug, said to the Journal.

The realtor, for her part, reportedly told the Journal she has “an attorney involved” and has “no liability”.

According to the Journal, the Vaughans became worried when they didn’t see or hear from Randy on his grandson’s birthday. His daughter, Heather, drove to his home on 14 February and didn’t see his truck in the driveway, so she called authorities to check whether he was at a weekend house along High Rock Lake that he was

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Vermont realtor to be featured on HGTV

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some exciting news for a local real estate agent and our region. Vermont will be featured on HGT- V’s House Hunters. Leland Ryea the third was selected to be the host real estate agent in vermont. The show takes viewers behind the scenes as people search for their dream home. Ryea will be featured on the show… this Thursday night at 1

Vermont realtor to be featured on the HGTV show

An episode of ‘House Hunters’ is set to air this week, featuring a ‘host realtor’ from Vermont

A Vermont real estate agent will appear this week on the HGTV show “House Hunters.”Leland Ryea III was selected to be the host real estate agent for the episode, which was shot in November. The show takes viewers behind the scenes as people search for their dream homes. In a social media post, Ryea III announced the episode would feature spots around Lake Champlain. The episode is set to air on Thursday, April 13, at 10:00 pm

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A Vermont real estate agent will appear this week on the HGTV show “House Hunters.”

Leland Ryea III was selected to be the host real

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Real Estate Losses Against Ordinary Income

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The best way to use real estate depreciation is against ordinary income. These are the two ways to do it.

PIMD welcomes the White Coat Investor. WCI is a physician-specific personal finance and investing website. The White Coat Investor can help you to become financially literate and disciplined, which will allow you to spend your time and effort on your patients, your family, and your own wellness. WCI truly believes that a financially secure doctor is a better partner, parent, and practitioner. White Coat Investor is an affiliate partner of PIMD.

Investing in real estate can be a risky, time-consuming, illiquid investment. However, one of the best parts of being an investor in equity real estate (at least outside of a retirement account or a REIT structure) is that you can depreciate the buildings on the property. Under current law, bonus depreciation can be over 60% of your investment in the first year. It’s pretty awesome to invest $100,000 and get a $60,000 deduction on your taxes that same year.

Unfortunately, there is a general tax doctrine that prevents many investors from actually being able to use that deduction. It turns out that you can only use passive losses to

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Realtors predict the end of a frenetic market in 2023

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Illustration of the year 2022, with a keyhole for a zero, which zooms in so you can see through the keyhole to the year 2023.

Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios

Realtors across the country foresee an increasingly buyer-friendly housing market in 2023, a major shift from the frenetic and expensive pandemic-era housing boom.

Driving the news: The housing market has slowed — thanks to mortgage rates hovering around 6%.

  • Axios polled more than 75 experts across Axios Local cities to find out what’s in store for 2023 and found that sellers everywhere will have to put in more work to close the deal as buyers aren’t willing to overbid on less-than-perfect homes.
  • “Buyers have and should continue to have a choice of properties to purchase along with some wiggle room, which could include sellers paying buyers closing costs, decreasing prices and property repairs,” Sheryl Bowden, vice president of Phoenix Realtors, said.

InCharlotte, the market is moving with interest rates, said Jeff Clay, owner of JClay Realty.

  • And unless those rates come down drastically, “we are likely in for a market with low overall activity, low supply and demand that will probably stay a bit muted,” Clay said.

in San Francisco, Eileen Bermingham with Corcoran Icon Properties predicts “fewer instances of overbidding and multiple offers.

  • “Buyers will split into two camps: those waiting for prices to fall, or
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