Have you ever yearned for the good old days where a handshake deal was all you needed? The days where, with that …
Property rights are often considered a “bundle of sticks” where a person can own varying interests in land. The person can own …
Small business owners often have a very difficult time trying to determine the value of their business. Perhaps the owner has never …
Sometimes the concept of financial planning is considered distinct from the more laborious and esoteric task of estate planning. The financial plan …
Your property can be taken from you even though you have ostensibly done nothing wrong. You have paid your bills and you …
Personal liability exposure is an important planning consideration. A person should be able to identify potential risks and assess means to mitigate …
Conventional financial wisdom suggests that the first thing a person should do after building the three to six month rainy-day fund is …
Of course, there are many options available to pay for the education of a loved one. There are direct gifts, state-sponsored 529 …
Financially successful individuals often contemplate the highest and best use of their assets. In some cases, those same individuals have decided that …
We have all been there. We take a glamorous vacation to Florida or Hawaii or Arizona or Mexico, and we are presented …
Property owned by a spouse does not automatically transfer to the surviving spouse at death. Instead, something more is needed in the …
When a person endeavors to purchase a piece of real property (i.e. land and any associated buildings), the purchaser would be wise …
Should a person gift the farm before death to avoid the complexity of probate and the estate tax? Probably not. The family …
An individual or a business can engage (i.e. contract) with another as an employee or an independent contractor. The business owner is …
If you are a business owner that: (1) is looking towards succession planning and the option of selling your interest in a …
When businesses need attorneys to assist on either day-to-day matters (e.g. labor and employment issues) or once-in-a-lifetime matters (e.g. selling the business), …
If you’ve ever driven past an abandoned house with rusted play equipment in plain sight and thought that it looked like a …
Generally, in Washington state, income producing real property should be placed into a Washington limited liability company (“LLC”). What is real property? …
At death, there is a little-known tax benefit that the federal government provides. It is an adjustment to tax basis and it …
When a person conveys false or misleading information about another person or entity, the injured party has a potential cause of action …
If a person proposes to sell real property (land, house, buildings, etc.), the best option is to receive a full cash offer. …
