Interview by Jean Carroll, with Steven Sears

You’ve worked hard all your life. Wouldn’t it be a shame if you lost it all in a heart beat due to a bad creditor or the IRS or a frivolous lawsuit? You can have it all, and you can keep it all to. Asset protection is the secret that the rich and famous use, and now so can you. It’s easier than you think. Go on all the vacations you want; enjoy the lifestyle you deserve knowing that you can protect your business, family, and personal property from frivolous lawsuits, creditors, and the IRS. 

Jean carol, interviews one of the top ten CPA and real estate brokers in the country, Mr. Steven Sears.  For years Mr. Sears has set up hundreds of plans to protect and give peace of mind; Asset Protection at its finest. We’ll hear from Mr. Sears and others who have benefited as well.

This whole program is designed to give you valuable information on how you too, very simply, can set up systems and plans to protect your life, your business, your family. Giving you the time and peace of mind to enjoy, worry free, the lifestyle you’ve always wanted and deserve.

Mr. Steven Sears is a CPA, Master of Science and taxation; a licensed real estate broker, and an investment advisor. He’s written the following books, “A simple and effective guide keeping everything you’ve earned ‘Wealth and Asset Protection Strategies’”; the author of a popular video seminar “Send your Assets on Vacation”, and an audio cassette series. Mr. Sears is a frequent speaker at seminars, and has been interviewed numerous times on radio and television.                                                         

Jean:       “Mr. Sears, what exactly is Asset Protection, and how do you determine if someone can benefit from it?”

Steven:     “What we do is we take several different topics, and we combine them into one. We take income tax planning, the state planning, privacy protection, profit potential, asset allocation, financial planning strategies and we wrap them into one, and so we have them all under one roof so to speak.”

Jean:     “These days we’re hearing so many news items about frivolous lawsuits, is there anything that anyone can do to protect themselves from this?”
 
Steven:     “Well we see so many lawsuits these days that are completely frivolous. Well we use different structures and strategies; these are put together in an intrical environment of actually putting together like partnerships, etc.
 
 Jean:     “Mr. Sears you are a world renowned author you speak at symposiums all over the world, and here you are offering your services to anyone who wants to give you a call.”
 
Steven:    “Well actually we represent business owners, individuals, people in the entertainment industry, physicians, attorneys, real estate people. You can minimize taxes legally, and file tax returns, and be in compliance with all laws. The whole idea is to do a legal lawful strategy and at the same time save tax or defer tax; that’s our goal. For example, one of our clients is into real estate mail. On several properties we’ve been able to achieve complete protection of the real estate using structures, methods, and entities. That’s been one of our main goals, and we’ve been able to achieve that very well. Today people own so much real estate they don’t realize how much they have. In Real estate today; peoples homes are worth five hundred thousand to a million dollars, its very valuable. Asset protection is very effective.  I’ve set up over four thousand asset protection plans in the past fifteen years. We’ve been able to achieve virtually full protection for all clients' assets it’s amazing. I’ve protected real estate, homes, cars, boats, airplanes, properties, investments, businesses, securities; everything’s been fully protected. Which at the same time they save on taxes  and achieved complete privacy. It’s been a very affective planning tool and method. Overall I would say that any individual who owns a business, who owns a home, who owns real estate, who has any liquid assets, has any cash securities investments, even a bank account of any means, anything that needs to be protected is anything that you can not afford to lose. So if you have an asset that is very important to you, and you don’t want to lose it for any reason then protect it. And some of the protection methods are very modest we can use something like maybe a trust or a corporate entity to protect the asset. So think about it, is there anything in your lifetime that you want to protect? Of course there is. And remember you’re not just protecting it for yourself, you’re protecting it for your family, for your children..”
 
As a CPA I tell my clients you can “Lose it All!” or “PROTECT it All!” the choice is yours.

Jean:     “Thank you so much Mr. Sears for a very informative interview. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t want to utilize these asset protection strategies. In fact, I think I’m going to make an appointment with you right now how about that?”
  
Information on the Steven Sears Firm: For private banking and portfolio management Steven Sears Firm has established relationships with many of the largest international banks around the world. They can also assist with management services that provide secrecy and confidentiality for your investments. In the area of accounting and tax planning Steven Sears Firm offers accounting services,  preparation of financial statements, reviews, audits and general business consulting; tax planning services are available for individuals, corporations, partnerships, estates, trusts and non-profit entities.
 
Mr. Sears firm has offered personal service in the tax, accounting, financial, and international arenas since 1979. His staff includes licensed professionals, such as CPA’s, enrolled agents, investment advisors, and a highly qualified support staff. In the area of asset protection and estate planning Mr. Steven Sears’s firm specializes in the formation and administration of business structures and holding companies. Through affiliated offices worldwide he maintains relationships with the largest and most reputable trust companies and banking institutions. 
 
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