Asset Protection / Trusts

What does real estate asset protection mean?

Real estate asset protection is a strategy an investor can use to help protect properties, along with other business and personal assets, from creditors or plaintiffs who win a judgment in a lawsuit.

These can add up to a large amount of money, even if the case is settled out of court. By having a proper real estate asset protection plan in case, a landlord is better able to separate personal and business assets from one another. This may help to limit the specific assets that a landlord can be forced to liquidate to pay for a settlement or judgment.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) allow individuals to invest in large-scale, income-producing real estate. A REIT is a company that owns and typically operates income-producing real estate or related assets. These may include office buildings, shopping malls, apartments, hotels, resorts, self-storage facilities, warehouses, and mortgages or loans. Unlike other real estate companies, a REIT does not develop real estate properties to resell them. Instead, a REIT buys and develops properties primarily to operate them as part of its own investment portfolio.