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: Just Found Out I Have a Structured Settlement and I’m 18
Just Found Out I Have a Structured Settlement and I’m 18 is something I hear fairly often from people reach adulthood, they call and find out they have wonderful asset. This blog category has posts and tips that should be helpful to teenagers and young adults so they have a resoource.
If parents don’t tell their children about it, they will learn from somebbody who wants to buy it, or a factorong company court scraper who claims to be calling “from the Courts” or playing them with the lure of immediate gratification
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The intrinsic value of your existing structured settlement will likely increase over the next 4 years regardless of who is the next President of the United States, John McCain or Barack Obama. To best part is that to get this increase in value you don't have to do anything except keep receiving your payments as…
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Just “Say NO” To Pushers Of Cash Now for Structured Settlement, The New “Smokeless Crack” That Can Make Your Long Term Financial Security “Go Up in Smoke”
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Some settlement buys opportunistically charge high discount rates, due to a lack of regulation of such companies and perhaps due to the knowledge that a significant percentage of consumers are so desperate that they won’t shop (even though better rates can be had elsewhere).
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In a case of “the bottom line is..WHAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE?” why would tort victims sell their structured settlement payment rights to Peachtree Settlement Funding with its high discount rates?
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“Rising fuel and food prices, declines in the housing market, volatility in the financial markets, an ever-tightening credit crunch… they’re all creating unexpected financial challenges for many Americans, But tough financial times don’t necessarily justify resorting to risky ways to make ends meet.” Mary Schapiro CEO Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") Weathering Tough Financial Times-The…
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Judge Vogel’s passion is indicative that some judges are taking their roles, in evaluating whether a structured settlement factoring transaction is in the structured settlement annuitant’s “best interest”, very seriously.
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If can’t see yourself seeing this as a pro bono task, meaning you (or if you are a lawyer-your broker) wish to make money off the transaction, that’s your choice. But in the end it can only come from the structured settlement factoring transaction itself, and one dime taken reduces annutant’s recovery by ten cents.
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The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has issued an important reminder about the new mandatory health insurance rules that apply to Massachusetts residents. Two important dates are July 31, 2007 and December 31, 2007. "Many new health plans will be available by July 1, 2007. If you enroll in an individual plan between May 1 and…
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Yesterday I received a call from an 18 year old reader whose mother and guardian agreed to a structured settlement, several years ago, as part of the resolution of the now 18 year old”s personal injury case. The 18 year old, aware that her mother wanted to spread out her payments as a spendthift protection…