BUYING PROPERTY WITH ANOTHER PERSON
Buying property with another person may appeal to some individuals.If you are one of them and you decide to buy a property with someone else — be it your spouse, child(ren), business partner, or friend — one of the most important factors to consider is your ownership (holding) options, specifically whether the property will be
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SETTLING THE ESTATE OF A DEAD RELATIVE
A client emailed me this week with what I think is a very popular issue found in Caribbean jurisdictions. Many people fail to do any estate planning during their lifetime, and die leaving their estate unsettled. The client explained that his grandfather and grandmother together owned a piece of land and had the title deeds
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The Sunday Infernos – What the Recent Fires Are Telling Us
On Sunday August 16, 2015, the Coreas Minimart in Kingstown was totally destroyed by a massive fire that left the owners suffering more than EC$2 million dollars in losses and damage. On Sunday August 23, 2015, again news came that buildings in the capital were on fire. A blazing inferno gutted three unoccupied government buildings: the
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