Dyches Boddiford - Our September Featured Speaker
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Dyches Boddiford - Our September Featured Speaker
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Angela Fan Ginny Condello Chuck Martini Joe Tevlin Jack Pedersen Vince Condello Telephone (732) 240-2050 (201) 791-4639 (201) 343-8629 (908) 272-9491 (201) 791-4639 (201) 723-7272 (973) 643-0040 (201) 889-9026 (908) 454-1176 (201) 410-5017 (866) 416-4378 (908) 685-3225 (908) 454-1176 Email Address President@mreia.com VicePresident@mreia.com Secretary@mreia.com Treasurer@mreia.com Editor@mreia.com AudioVisualChair@mreia.com Norm@lep-lawyers.com LendingLibraryChair@mreia.com Membership@mreia.com chuckmartini@usa.net VendorChair@mreia.com VolunteersChair@mreia.com WebDesignChair@mreia.com Inside This Issue "# <# * 5 "# 9 = ( # ' 4 ##>* ' * ? ! 9 @ * "# 9 B # )'' ) "# 6 +" +" . = . = . = 5 5 ! C - * ; 7 -D . ; 7 * + ( ( A ' B 5 !&> A E E ' ' %8 $ $ <# 5 = > + 6 7 # DISCLAIMER We do not render legal, accounting, tax, investment or other professional services or either through the Metro or at general meetings. We disclaim all liability for actions (or inactions) taken as a result of any communications between the Board of Directors, appointed officers and the membership. We do not officially endorse any product, project, person or organization. Before making any investment decision, you are urged to seek advice from qualified and competent professionals and to use due diligence before using any product, services or ideas presented in the Metro or at general meetings. At times the Board may take particular positions or points of view on matters regarding the real estate industry. Said positions do not represent solicitations. Our speakers are permitted to sell any products or services they may have to offer our members or guests.. The opinions expressed by the speakers and writers do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Executive Committee or Advisory Board. Volume 8 Issue IX 2 of 28 September, 2005 )<5 * <5 & "( , ( F 5B" )( . ( 3 (By: Dyches Boddiford) (Continued from Cover Story) Look at having a good story as pre-litigation planning. Why did you set up a corporation? Why a limited liability company? What is your story? Did you do it for asset protection? Yes?!? Wrong answer, this can be interpreted as you hiding assets with the intent to use the law to defraud creditors (someone holding a judgment against you). Did you do it for tax and business reasons? That is a much better answer. Maybe you did it for estate planning. Of course, if you are being questioned in an IRS audit, you probably structured this way for asset protection since the IRS has rules against schemes used to lower taxes. In reality both answers are true, so you are not lying. You are just telling the best story you can with provable facts. You always want to take the high road in your explanations. This can easily be the difference in a land trust being viewed as a scheme to defraud homeowners or communities and a simple tool to get a job done. A while back I was involved in a case arguing over the ownership of a road. Since my interest was held though a land trust, I was questioned about why I used such a device. It was even suggested by the attorney questioning me that I might be using it to take advantage of sellers. The attempt was to paint me as a shady conniver in some underhanded scheme. If this case had gone to a jury trial, I knew this would be detrimental. I had my story ready. I explained that the development was done in a community where the local residents were close knit and did not like outsiders. So, I used a land trust with a trustee who lived in the community and was well respected by the residents. This way, he could answer any questions and concerns they may have. Also, the development approvals and permits required someone provide the proper paperwork to sign for them. Our trustee had experience in this area and the proper procedures. It only made sense to trust him with these responsibilities. Not only was the explanation truthful (as you should always be in a deposition), it made a good story as well. This was the last time a concern was voiced over our trust structure. THREE CATEGORIES Any asset protection plan component will fall into one of three categories. The first is “Tried & Known.” In this category we can place corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, etc. These are the plans that Volume 8 Issue IX 3 of 28 have been around a while and have been tested under fire. For the most part, we know how the courts view them and where we have to be careful. You should always start with these components. In this first category we can also place concepts where we know the outcome to a high degree by how courts have reacted to them in the past. For example, the day before you expected to lose your case in court you sold your free and clear house to your uncle for $1,000, you would have a hard time convincing the court that this was anything other than a fraudulent conveyance for less than fair market value. The second category is the “Disputed” strategies. These are schemes, often marketed by some promoter, that claim to have a inside on protection and tax reduction. Often the law in these areas are not yet settled. The initial adopters of these schemes are often pointed to as proof it works. But often that is because it is new concept and has not been tested as yet. This was the case with the pure or constitutional trusts and the tax protests of the 1980’s and early 1990’s. For the most part these have been moved to the “Tried & Known” category because of the court’s many decisions against them. Very rarely would you choose, or depend on, a strategy from this category. The third is the “Groundbreaking” strategies. These are strategies for the more advanced investors. They are concepts that are well thought out, but as yet have not had the challenges of the courts to see what arguments can be brought to defeat them. Many of the off-shore trust strategies of the late 1980’s and 1990’s fell into this category until cases such as the now famous Lawrence and Anderson cases have moved several of these strategies to the Tried & Known category. However, there are still many groundbreaking strategies that have merit. But these strategies should be advanced additions to your Tried & Known strategies. Reprinted by Permission. Copyright 2005, The Oaks Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Oaks Group, Inc., PO Box 505, Marietta, GA 30061. Visit www.assets101.com September, 2005 ( )* 2 F (Continued from Cover) The fact that some landlords used application fees as profit centers resulted in the legislature adding this piece to the Landlord/Tenant Laws of many states: Charge the fee and you undertake a number of responsibilities to the applicant. 1. You have to tell them what you are going to check. 2. You have to inform them of their rights to dispute any information you uncover. 3. You have to tell them the name of the screening service or credit reporting agency. 4. Even if you don' t charge an application fee, but you reject them as tenants because of information you received from a credit agency or tenant screening service, you have to tell the applicant that you rejected him or her because of the information you received, and give him or her the name and address of the service or agency. 5. You need not tell applicants the specific results of the credit report or screening report, only that it caused you to reject them. They need to contact the agency for the specifics. You can, however, give them a copy of their "consumer report," as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. 6. You may not charge a fee unless you actually have a unit Volume 8 Issue IX available to rent at that moment or expect one within a reasonable length of time. 7. If you charge an application fee but never screen the applicant, you have to give the money back "within a reasonable time." You have three excellent reasons for charging an application fee. First and foremost, it pays for your time and expense of screening an applicant. Your time is worth something. When you applied for the mortgage loan on the property you now own the lender undoubtedly charged you a fee for the credit Robert Cain report and the appraisal. They also charged you "points" to pay for the loan officer and possibly even a "document preparation fee" to pay for the cost of putting the loan documents together. They did that because they are in business to make a 4 of 28 profit. So are you. Charge an application fee. Second, and almost as foremost, it cuts down on the number of unqualified applicants you will get. If a bad tenant knows you are going to pull a credit report and look for court records that would show evictionss and felony convictions for drug dealing, he may not even bother to fill out the application. Bad tenants count on you not checking on them. Even so, some people don' t think that you will discover all their dirty secrets. They will fill out the application and pay the fee anyway. (Nobody said they were smart.) In that case, you have at least been paid for your time. Third, it sends a message to your prospective tenant from the beginning that you run your rental business as a business. That sets the tone immediately, telling them that you are not their best buddy, you are not an easy mark, but you are providing a service for them, are happy to do it, but expect them to keep up their end of the bargain. 9 %11% 9 5 6 9 : 5 &A&2 5 6 > 6 ?011@ 2&A 6 8 September, 2005 . + + - Transferring Real Estate to An Entity By: Dyches Boddiford 3 , ( F > ( E < - ( ( + * B ( " 9 * B 3 5 ( " F %& B * , ' : ! ( ( ? @ = ! ( ( F C D # 6 * ! ( %11& # 6 * ! Volume 8 Issue IX 9 4 5 of 28 4 5 3 6 3 53 * ( &1& 4 # '112. G .1. September, 2005 + + 5B ".)5+ 5/ - @< " )+" Frequently Asked Questions By: Dyches Boddiford @> 0 ! 9 # # !G 0 0 ! = = @> '0 # !G 9 : ' ! 0 9 !G !0 B 0 ! G .12& H. ( ( .12& # ) : # # ! # " 7 ?( > # @ ( " " ? 9@ 3 @>2 = 0 0 ! * , ( 9 # # !G # 3 ) 6, ! I 9 8 @> 9 0 = * ( , 9 , ( < : 9# ( ! 9 # 9 9 3 ! . # # G2 0 G >2 ! 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