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Selling on a Contract; a Rewarding Strategy
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. Almost everyone in the real estate industry is familiar with selling a piece of real estate using an Installment Contract for Deed. This is a method of Seller Financing that allows the buyer to take...
More Tips on Picking a Lawyer
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. If you do end up in court, Mr. Land Trust® has a number of tips on picking a lawyer for your defense. Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from Privacy and Asset Protection; An Unconventional...
Death of the Trustee
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. Occasionally I receive a call from a student who has set up one or more Land Trusts and designated one or more individuals as Trustees. As you know by now, I prefer individuals as Trustees while I am...
Charging Order Protection
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. [Excerpt from Cover Your Assets (3rd Edition) by Jay Butler and Dr. Robert Hagiopian. The complete publication can be downloaded from the Booklets section of your Land Trust University.] Charging Order...
Personal Property Trusts and Safety
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. I write and teach a lot about Land Trusts. Not so much about Personal Property Trusts (PPTs). Many of my students have asked me about how and why to use them. That’s why this newsletter will concentrate...
Royal Flush of Real Estate
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. Editor's Note: The following is excerpted from The Royal Flush of Real Estate Investing (Real Estate Investing Skills Series Book 1) by Dennis J. Henson. Real Estate has always been and always will be...
Real Estate Investing: 5 Ways to Get Started
Mr. Land Trust® thanks Lauren Alexander of the Owners' Counsel of America for this Guest Post. Getting into the world of real estate investing may seem daunting. It can be as theoretically simple as playing a game of Monopoly once you nail the basics and get the gist...
Trust Your Land Trust Trustee
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. Editor's Note: Trust Your Land Trust Trustee is an update of an article from the Land Trust Newsletter Archive in the Land Trust University. It is one example of the abundant information waiting there...
Corporate or an Individual Trustee
This post is exclusive to active Land Trust University students. In the Land Trust training classes I teach around the country, I am asked often, “Which is better, a corporate or an individual Trustee?” As with most issues in life, it depends. There are advantages and...
How is a Land Trust Taxed
"How is a Land Trust taxed?" I am often challenged on whether a Land Trust has to file a tax return or not. Some “professionals” insist that I am wrong when I say that a Land Trust does not file a tax return and does not obtain a FEIN number with the Internal Revenue...