Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Dissipation Risk
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issued a Warning to Consumers About Selling Their Structured Settlements in response to “What should I know before giving up my monthly disability, personal injury or structured settlement payments in exchange for a one-time lump sum payment
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JG Wentworth stock played with aplomb by ‘George Costanza” on a special edition of “Decline Feld’
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While life changes sometimes bring valid reasons to sell structured settlement payments, Selling structured settlement payments is a decision that must be the result of sober thought, not a sales pitch. Arrive at your decision from a position of knowledge, well before entering into a contract to sell.
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Cash is like a carbohydrate in your diet, a source of energy that you can burn through too quickly… A structured settlement gives you a slower burn rate.
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The Stockton situation illustrates how placing a substantial percentage of your settlement into a home is not always a good idea. Setting aside the cost of maintaining the home and taxes, let’s look at what might have happened to a Stockton, California plaintiff who bought a home at the median price.
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Despite Babener’s research a number of structured settlement stakeholders continue to make factual assertions regarding dissipation that conflict with Babener’s findings. The following shows that there is even a 5% swing in facts asserted about dissipation by several structured settlement stakeholders
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Don’t talk about your personal injury settlement. It’s nobody’s business. A Stamford CT man discovered it led to being robbed at gunpoint in a home invasion.
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Almost 50% of Americans between the ages 45-70 have no financial plans in place to protect themselves against outliving their assets and the rising cost of healthcare should they live longer than they expected, according to a new survey released today by the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Additional findings show more than one-third are worried…