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: Misinformation about Structured Settlement Factoring
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Vintage Equity Group’s attempt to hijack several pending Peachtree structured settlement factoring petitions is a masterclass in laughable absurdity. It’s a prime example of the relentless and aggressive tactics used to coax structured settlement annuitants into selling their structured settlement payments.
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In Private Letter Ruling PLR-119273-97, the IRS concluded that the lump sum received from the sale of structured settlement payment rights retained the same tax treatment that it was accorded prior to the structured settlement factoring transaction.
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Because the structured settlement factoring industry offers no professional credentialing programs, some of its members (the “Slap Ons”) have slapped on labels or credentials they have not earned or have appropriated from the primary market, Don’t be bamboozled.
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Structured settlement annuities cannot be bought and sold however, the right to receive structured settlement payments can be bought and sold. It’s a critical distinction for investors who may be misled into thinking they are buying an annuity with its associated protections.
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Chegg presents a misleading math question about selling structured settlements, asserting incorrect valuations for an annuity that pays $80,000 annually for 22 years. The content clarifies that structured settlements differ from annuities, emphasizing that Chegg’s provided answers are incorrect and illustrate a misunderstanding of financial principles.
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Financial media organizations can slap on pseudo quality controls in a effort to feign legitimacy to the gross misinformation they’ve published, but it should come as no surprise that bona fide credentialed experts in the structured settlements space are going to call them out.
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SF Weekly claims to be “San Francisco’s smartest publication. They claim to “take journalism seriously”. Where does taking in money from paid sponsors, enabling them to unload more crap than on the streets of San Francisco, intersect with “serious journalism”?
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In Fortune Settlement Solutions, Annuity.org has chosen a partner that serves up the “Chateaubriand of Total B.S.”, the fiction that Fortune can get a fortune by selling structured settlements payments.. Unless you are a Lilliputian in “Gullibles Travels”, pennies on the dollar is not a fortune.