Category Archives: Legal
The purpose of a land trust is to allow one to have the legal title to his property held by another person, or trustee while retaining all of the rights and privileges of property ownership (the beneficial interest). The trustee acts only upon the beneficiaries’ direction. The property owner still retains all rights, such as the right to possession, to collect rent, mortgage the property, homestead exemption, and any other benefit he now has.
Join Bill and Rick to learn how, when and why a land trust can be a valuable estate planning tool.
A company rebrand can be very successful if planned correctly or it can be total bust. Are you losing a lot of business to your competitors? Has your audience changed? Have you experienced a negative impact to your brand? All of these a good reasons to consider a rebrand, however, all you may really need is a retooling of your marketing message to realign yourself with the changing needs of your customers.
Join Rick and Bill as they discuss important considerations of rebranding or retooling your company’s messaging.
Many business owners and investors doing business in multiple states often wonder whether their company, which is set up in one state, also needs to be registered into the other state(s) where they are doing business. In analyzing whether you need to register your out of state company in a state where you do business or own property it is helpful to understand two things: First, what does the state I’m looking to do business in require of out of state companies; and Second, what is the penalty for failure to comply.
Join Bill and Rick to explore these practical distinctions in order to keep your business protected and prosperous.
Respect for your customers will ensure their faith and loyalty to you and your business over the long run. Candidly, many studies have shown that is up to nine times more difficult to attract a new customer than it is to retain an existing one. Accordingly, it is critical to keep your customers happy—-a matter that would appear at first blush to be common sense. But do we keep this in the forefront of our minds as we go through our everyday business?
Join Bill and Rick to discuss the techniques that are invaluable when dealing with customer related problems.
Both a joint venture (JV) and a partnership consist of co-owners of a business enterprise sharing the profits and losses. However, typically a joint venture is set up for one transaction or a series of transactions. Therefore, joint ventures are generally distinguished from partnerships by being more limited in both scope and duration. Do you know what business entities can form a JV, and how its done?
Join Bill and Rick to learn when and why a JV might be right for your business.
Do you know when and how a Successor Trustee is supposed to distribute your estate once your gone–know exactly what his or her duties are? Remember, if you have business assets, they should also be in your trust along with your personal assets, and should be properly evaluated and distributed according to the trust’s intent.
Join Bill and Rick for this revealing show on a Successor Trustee’s duties and have a pen and piece of paper handy to take some notes.
Trademarks help keep your brand ID safe, with the idea that no one else in the market can come in and use your brand or trademark for a similar thing. In this show, Bill and Rick discuss how you define and apply a trademark to your business that ultimately identifies the source of your product or service and distinguishes it from your competitors.
