Thinking About Selling Your Structured Settlement? Read This First!

What’s the big deal with structured settlements anyway, and why are so many people interested in selling a structured settlement or annuity settlement? The answer here is complicated simply because there are so many reasons why people chose to sell settlement payments — and if you want to sell your structured settlement payments, you definitely […]

Rancho Mirage Woman Wins Settlement from Annuity Scam

Unlike most people that want to sell annuity payments to make money, Lois Brown just wanted her money back. In an outcome that’s being hailed as a win for senior citizens everywhere, one Rancho Mirage woman won an annuity settlement case against an insurance man she believes manipulated her into a scam. A settlement is […]

3 Things You Can Do With Cash for Annuity Payments

If you’ve won a structured settlement annuity, won a large lottery annuity, or fell into an insurance claim one of the things you should consider is getting cash for annuity payments. Keep in mind variable annuities can charge maintenance fees of $20 to $30 a year and most have penalties associated if you withdraw early. […]

New Regulations for Selling a Structured Settlement Aim to Prevent Predatory Practices

When you acquire a structured settlement annuity you’re left with a couple of options. You can keep it and collect the eventual annuity-style income, or you can sell it to a third-party and get cash for your settlement immediately. Many people like structured settlements because generally you can save between 25 and 35% in state […]

3 Risks of REITs You May Need to Know

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are real estate companies that offer common shares to the public. While they’re like the sort of stock that represents ownership — represents being commercial real estate partners — they also have two unique features that distinguish them. First, the primary business of a REIT is to manage groups of […]

Why Selling a Structured Settlement Can Get You More Money

Everyone dreams of making a lot of money really quickly, but for some people that dream comes true in the form of a structured settlement. A structured settlement is a series of payments set forth to resolve and settle a claim out of court. If you have a personal injury case, a case of medical […]

Is Commercial Real Estate Poised to Continue Expansion, or Are We Looking at a Bubble?

In a bullish commercial real estate market that is posting decreasing vacancy rates in offices, retail, and industrial buildings across the board, the question hanging over commercial investors is whether the expansion is sustainable, or whether it is a temporary “bubble” that may soon burst, returning the market to the state that it was in […]