Drone Use for Real Estate?
By Richard Mario Disclaimer Commercial and residential agents would like to start drone use for real estate sales to capture pictures and video for advertising, but it might be a while before the use...
View ArticleIRS Helps Reduce Identity Theft
By Jay Richardson Disclaimer The IRS has taken a major step to reduce identity theft. If you send information returns to payees (basically, forms 1099 or 1098), the IRS now permits you to use truncated...
View ArticleCredit Scores Are Changing
By Richard Mario Disclaimer In 2007, our clients expressed concern about the effect foreclosures and short sales would have on credit scores. We predicted that the scale of the problem would be so...
View ArticleBuy/Sell Agreement: Why You and Your Business Partners Need One
by Richard Mario Disclaimer Many people go into business together, without addressing the end of that partnership and what could happen. For any jointly-owned business, owners should protect...
View ArticleContinue to Beware of Fake IRS Calls
By Jay Richardson Disclaimer A while back, I wrote to you about IRS scammers who threaten you with six months in jail if you don’t pay your “taxes” over the phone with your credit card. If you receive...
View ArticleOregon Wine 101: Basic primer on Oregon’s wine industry – Part 1
By Charlie Harrell Disclaimer Sure, you love drinking Oregon wine and supporting our local wineries and vineyards, but how much do you really know about Oregon wine and the massive industry that...
View ArticleOregon Wine 101: Basic primer on Oregon’s wine industry – Part 2
by Charlie Harrell Disclaimer How to speak like a wine enthusiast. “Wine enthusiast” may or may not be synonymous with ‘wine snob.’ We aren’t here to judge, but we do want to share basic terminology...
View ArticleOregon Wine 101: Basic primer on Oregon’s wine industry – Part 3
What is Wine Law? Why is Wine Law important to the Oregon wine industry? by Charlie Harrell Disclaimer Wine Law is not a specialized practice of law, such Intellectual Property (Patent) law or...
View ArticleYour Legacy at Facebook: What happens when someone dies?
by Rob Le Chevallier Disclaimer Facebook now allows you to name a person called a Legacy Contact, to manage parts of your Facebook account after death. For those whose photos and posts on Facebook...
View ArticleTen Estate Planning Ideas for 2015
image credit: moodboard Estate planning is a necessary part of life that many people choose to put off until they are older, but Rob Le Chevallier, an estate planning attorney at Buckley Law in Oregon,...
View ArticlePreparing An Oregon Advance Directive
Advance Directives are used to appoint health care representatives and to make end of life choices. It is my practice to go through the advance directive with clients when signing their wills or...
View ArticleBuckley Law Attorney Richard Mario Published in GGI Real Estate Newsletter
Attorney Richard Mario wrote an article featured in the Geneva Group International’s (GGI) Fall 2015 issue of Real Estate News. Titled “Federal Law Prohibits the Possession of Any Amount of Cannabis...
View ArticleBuckley Law Attorney Rob Le Chevallier Published in GGI Estate Planning...
Buckley Law attorney Rob Le Chevallier offered some Estate Planning tips to members of the Geneva Group International community on page 13 of the Fall issue of their GGI “FYI: Trust & Estate...
View Article10 Estate Planning Tips in the Event of a Disaster!
image credit: Wikipedia The recent article about the big quake that is coming for the Northwest created anxieties for some Oregonians. It led to stocking up on bottled water, seismic upgrades for...
View ArticleNew Years Resolutions for Your Business
With the start of each new year, many of us make New Year’s resolutions to improve ourselves, whether that includes the resolve to eat healthier, lose weight, and/or exercise more. How about making...
View ArticleState Estate Taxes Matter!
By Rob Le Chevallier Disclaimer Pay attention to State Estate taxes. Oregon has an estate tax of 10% to 16% for residents who have over $1.0 million in assets. The Washington estate tax is indexed for...
View ArticleThe Smart Divorce
by Jaye Wickham Taylor Disclaimer Thinking of filing for divorce? Here are some ideas to help you make the whole process faster, cheaper, and less stressful for all: Pointers for litigants with...
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