Not exact matches
Short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling
assets,
usually securities, that have been borrowed from a third party (
usually a broker) with the intention of
buying identical
assets back at a later date to return to the lender.
In fact, there's good debt and bad debt — the former
usually involves going into debt to
buy an
asset that will eventually grow in value, such as a house.
Usually people apply for secured loans when
buying a car since the car is a suitable
asset for guaranteeing a loan.
You're really
buying client
assets — unless you really screw it up, these
usually prove pretty «sticky `.
Ken, Virtually everybody who needs legal services for real estate transactions (because you either own or are able to
buy an
asset worth hundreds of thousands of dollars), wills (because you have
assets), powers of attorney (
usually ditto), estates (ditto), notarizations, incorporations and small business transactions (because you have the wherewithal to be starting,
buying or selling a business) can easily afford the very modest fees charged for those services (fees that are less than and often far, far less than, as applicable, the government charges, the realtor charges, the accountant's charges, the moving van company, the new appliances, etc. etc. etc.).
A hybrid policy is
usually more cost - effective than
buying two separate policies and can help you maximize your
assets.
Another is one spouse
buying out the other often by trading the equity (net value after the mortgage loan balance but not
usually a real estate commission is calculated in) in the home against the value of other marital
assets that the other spouse wishes to keep.
After all, if you are in real estate sales, you are helping people with what is
usually their most valuable
asset — their home — and something they want to
buy (or sell), or they would not be talking to you about it.