Asset Protection for Real Estate Investors

by Clint Coons

This book cuts through the confusion that pervades today's real estate investor's understanding of asset protection. It provides in-depth, easy to understand analysis of different asset protection entities as they relate to real estate investing. Topics covered The use of land trusts to avoid the "due on sale clause"; Effective strategies to protect your LLC held real estate from outside creditors; Using corporations to avoid dealer status; IRA and qualified retirement plan investing strategies for real estate; Numerous structuring examples; and Much more. If you are new to real estate investing or an experienced investor, Clint's book is a tremendous resource for anyone concerned about protecting their assets. As an avid real estate investor and principal partner in a nationally recognized law firm specializing in asset protection for real estate investments, Clint's wealth of experience is shared in an easily digestible and straightforward manner.

Genres: Business, Finance

Hardcover

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[Joseph Calev · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book does have some valuable information, but it's mostly a product advertisement for the author's company. The first half of the book in fact just goes on and on about how you should hire them, then the second half provides more interesting information.

What information there is, though, is poorly organized. Also, I would have liked a chapter on insurance. After all, for a lot of people this is a strategy towards asset protection, and it would be helpful to know what types of insurance and which riders one should have. However, this isn't mentioned, probably because the author's company doesn't make money there.

[Ed Barton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Building Blocks

Asset protection is complex and necessary for a subset of the population who own their own business or have rental real estate. This book gives some directional arrows on what to do and how to structure an asset protection plan. A good read, but not enough here to DIY.

[Pai Buabthong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book on different structures you can form to reduce liability and taxes. The last part of the book also includes multiple case studies to help illustrate what he explained earlier. Extremely useful. You don't need to be a millionaire to utilize legal entities to save from tax and liability. This stuff should be taught in school.