A structured sale is a proven process for implementing the sale of a business or investment real estate and defers the payment of the capital gains tax. In this specialized transaction which does not interfere or take away from the traditional broker activities, an installment payment stream is agreed to by both the seller and buyer and the taxes are deferred until payment is received. The installment payments are underwritten by a major insurance carrier and can be creatively designed according to the seller’s wishes.

The advantages to this process are very strong. The seller gets a guaranteed payment stream which can be creatively structured to meet a variety of personal or estate needs without risk of nonpayment from an individual buyer or payment acceleration. There is also the opportunity to lock in significant pre-tax investment returns and the possibility of a unique arrangement for asset protection

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