8 Quotes by Ron Mendelson

Many people are not aware that the explosion in home values over the last few years has increased their wealth to the point that they are now on the radar screens of aggressive attorneys who are looking for assets to attach on the behalf of their clients.

Navigating the complex legal and tax issues involved in investing and banking offshore requires the services of a professional who is specially trained in offshore investing and banking.

While the core process of establishing an offshore e-commerce business is relatively painless, the costs of choosing the wrong country or even the wrong type of business entity can be financially devastating.

With technology issues removed from the equation, the e-commerce operator only needs to consider tax treatment, labor costs, and other pure business issues.

Even though most retirement plans are protected from seizure before retirement, the proceeds of these plans become fair game once the account owner begins taking distributions.

This is a particularly valuable option for physicians and other high-risk professionals who are at constant at risk of lawsuits in our increasingly litigious society.

Although there are tax ramifications involved with offshore investment strategies, they can be mitigated by choosing to invest in markets that offer double taxation treaties, or by either establishing a domicile in the target country, or by creating an offshore investment structure that is designed to isolate offshore gains from domestic gains.

Asset protection is not a do-it-yourself exercise. Anyone interested in protecting their assets from lawsuits and creditors should consult an asset planning specialist.