SSWBN – About the Law – July, 2011
- Barry Gordon
Protect Yourself
I am an unabashed optimist but often find myself in the position of tempering my optimism with the practical need to protect myself and my clients.
Anyone who does not have a homestead on their principal residence is just plain stupid.
Go on the website for the county registry of deeds in the county where your property is located. The site will explain what a homestead is and the process. If you do not know in which county your property is located go onto www.masslandrecords.com . If you prepare the homestead yourself the only …
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SSWBN “About the Law” June 2011
Learned From Abroad
My wife and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Europe. It was perfect. We were on a riverboat in Netherlands and Belgium, saw the tulips, and ate the mussels.
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and talking with people all over the world. The most insightful people were the cab drivers. One came from Azerbaijan and one came from Turkey via Georgia and Armenia. They came to Europe for a better life. They were not political or terrorists. They wanted a better life for their families. One had a son who had autism and one …
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About The Law, April 2011
Imagination
What has your imagination allowed you to do? Are you stymied by your imagination, or stimulated by it?
Imagination that has kept you from moving forward and tackling old issues and creating new adventures is called fear. Who has told you that you could not do what you wanted to do? Was it your lawyer, your accountant, your financial advisor? If it was, then simply stated, you have the wrong professionals working with you. You have the wrong staff around you and your business plan is wrong.
If you spend 15-hour days, six days a week working at your …
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SSWBN – About the Law, March 2011
Is There a New Pardigm?
For the past few years some people have talked about a paradigm shift. Whatever is meant by that by others, here is the definition that I like: Get back to basics. Before you start tweeting, facebooking, linking, plaxing, going to BNI, attending forums and seminars, get back to basics.
As an attorney with more than thirty years of experience, my advice to my clients is to do everything in moderation. Stop multi-tasking as much as you do if you do not find it productive. Plan what you are going to do …
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About The Law – February 2011
Homestead: Cost-Effective Risk Reduction
Each of us takes a chance when starting a business, and we continue to take chances each day we are in business. That is an essential part of capitalism. Nevertheless, it is also an essential part of capitalism to risk only what has to be risked and no more. We understand this almost instinctively.
On the home-front, we tend to have less clarity. Thankfully, a new homestead law will go into effect shortly. This law will benefit everyone who owns a home in Massachusetts. In it, the definition of ‘home’ includes condominium units as …
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