Save Yourself Thousands — Skip Arbitration! Let’s play “spot the truth.” Which of these four things do you think is right? 1. Arbitration is cheap.2. Arbitration is fast.3. Arbitration is fair.4. Arbitration is confidential. … CONTINUE READING Father’s Day Gift Guide Dad is a very important person in your life! Every year when Father’s Day […]
Author: Matt Gibson
Newsletter – May 2022
Watch Out for This Shark Over the past year, a law firm in Florida has been terrorizing small-business owners all over Texas. An Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) rights lawyer runs it with an army of “testers” on his payroll. These folks are all disabled, and their boss dispatches them all across Texas specifically to […]
Abuse of Discretion, Appeals Court Finds
A state appeals court ruled against a Harris County trial court’s dismissal of a contract dispute, finding it ignored the state’s COVID-19 emergency orders when it denied a continuance in the litigation. The underlying case involved Nicole Felt, a real estate investor who sued Jerry W. Bailey in the 61st District Court. The parties sued […]
Newsletter – April 2022
How to Get Around the Capital Gains Tax If you have an income property or other investments, capital gains tax probably feels like the bane of your existence. It’s frustrating beyond reason when you sell stock, land, or another asset and watch the government take a big bite (up to 20%!) out of your […]
Newsletter – March 2022
The Social Media Tip You Need Today When I was a younger lawyer, the firm I worked for represented a big defense contractor. This company had no problem making weapons of mass destruction, but they did have a problem with one of their employees slacking off. The guy disappeared from his desk for hours […]
1031 Exchanges
How investors and entrepreneurs defer capital gains and build wealth. 1031 Exchanges, otherwise known as like-kind exchanges or a “Starker,” gains its name from Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. These exchanges are a “swap” of one investment property for another, which allows capital gains taxes to be deferred. Investors can change the form […]