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Have you thought about renting out, or do you currently rent out, your home in Santa Barbara as a short-term vacation rental?  If so, you should know the rules applicable…

Until now, private businesses were banned from soliciting the public for equity investments.  At the same time, individual investors were barred from trying their hand at investing in private businesses…

As foreshadowed in our July 2015 Advisor, the Department of Labor has issued the long awaited revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” overtime exemption.  (29 CFR 541). The…

On May 16, 2016, the much-anticipated SEC rule commonly known as “Regulation Crowdfunding” went into effect, providing you with a potential new source of capital in a time where it…

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Congratulations to Monte Wilson and Car Life Productions – we are proud to be part of the team that got this show on the road! Click HERE to read the…

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Family controlled entities, which often take the form of a limited partnership or limited liability company, (FLP) are useful estate planning tools to help consolidate the ownership of multiple assets…

December 2016  “ADR” is the acronym for Alternative Dispute Resolution — usually mediation and/or binding arbitration as a means of resolving legal disputes.  BFAS has been promoting ADR instead of…