Justin Stoddart
Welcome back to the Think Bigger Real Estate Show. Today's episode is going to help you build your network and build your knowledge base so that your value proposition increases and so that people see you differently than the typical real estate agent. Now before I get into introducing today's guest, and going into today's topic, I want to remind anybody that may be listening from outside of the Portland Oregon market that I've got a network of amazing real estate agents that are big thinkers that treat their clients amazingly well. If you're looking for one of those agents, I can be a great introduction for you to somebody who can help serve your clients here in this area. So, please keep that in mind.
Justin Stoddart
Also, I want to remind you that if you want to get regular show updates, I know we put out a lot of content on the Think Bigger Real Estate Show, there's a great way for you to consume what matters to you. The format of this is not designed to confuse you or distract you from what is important to you, but to give you the best knowledge and the best network out there. But with that, if you go to thinkbigger.realestate, you can sign up for a weekly review of all the shows that happened this week so that you can handpick the ones that are most relevant to you. So with that being said, I think today is going to be one of those. Especially, I'm privileged to have somebody here from the Portland, Oregon market. He's actually an attorney. And anybody that knows me knows that I believe that the future of well paid real estate agents is to act more like a high paid professional, like an attorney like a CPA, like a financial advisor, working at the highest level. Today's guest again isn't attorneys and asset protection lawyer, his name is Brian T. Bradley. He lives in Wilsonville. His website is BTB Brian t Bradley btblegal.com case you weren't able to catch the whole episode. Today, we're gonna be talking about asset protection protection for yourself and for your clients. Keep in mind that the concept of this is is number one, we're helping you build something great. And secondly, that's going to be expedited, the more you help your clients build something great. You are marketing, not just yourself, but your network, as Brian has shared with me before and so let's let's go ahead and welcome Brian on to the show. Thanks for taking a few minutes to share some really valuable insights about asset protection today with us, Brian.
Brian Bradley
Yeah, no problem. Thanks, Justin for having me on and putting this whole podcast together. And, you know, it really is a confusing topic and I hope I can add some value to your listeners and like you just mentioned, we were talking behind, you know, before we started recording is is not just a matter of what we can do for their clients, it's also a matter that they're trying to think big and grow their themselves professionally, asset protection is something they need to do for themselves also. So I think we're going to cover a lot of the material and it's something they can take for themselves. And also, you know, talk to your clients about.
Justin Stoddart
I love it. I love it. Let's let's start here again for to provide some context for those that need to understand kind of Brian's breadth of knowledge. He was selected to be to the Lawyers of Distinction list and 2019 Super Lawyers Rising Star listen 2015 nominated to America's top 100 hundred high stakes litigators list as well as the 2017 Law Firm, 500 Awards. You're doing some great things. I know, Brian, like me, all of that pales in comparison to the work that you're doing at home. You shared with me, you've got two young children one and three. Congratulations, you're awake?
Brian Bradley
It's tiring to two girls, two little princesses. And you know, it's great.
Justin Stoddart
So part of the bigger real estate show is to help people think bigger than real estate, and realize where to you know, the true treasure in life is that. So I'd love to start with this question of what is your favorite part about being the dad of two little princesses?
Brian Bradley
Well, my favorite part is I am really actively involved in my girls lives. And so my wife works nights at a hospital. And so we missed the daycare ride, we didn't realize we ever had a three year waiting list up here in Oregon. And so I just created my business structure of my day to where I can spend most of my time with my girls that have taken the dance gymnastics. So I get to spend a lot of time with the girls. And if you combine that with like an Uber dad basically just they're obsessed with me and all the hugs and kisses and nail painting I can't get enough of.
Justin Stoddart
It's so funny. At this point, I've heard that it's sometime at some point it stops. But as soon as my like the garage door opens, there's like a full on sprint from my house to my car with little like blonde girls, Ryan to see who can give dad the first hug of the first kiss. And they say it first first kiss. And that there's something about being a superhero to your own little girls. That's that's pretty magical. So that I can totally relate. Yeah. Let's get into today's topic, asset protection, what is a key point that you think real estate agents need to know to for their own business as well as advising their clients stepping in as a true advisor to their clients?
Brian Bradley
Yeah, so I think the key point at the end of the day is just what is asset protection. And the overall goal is just lifestyle preservation, creating peace of mind. And that comes down to just how to take risk off the table. So if you're a real estate agent, and you're going out on your own, you have a business, so you need to protect that business and that business interest and so that what you need to do is create asset protection asset protection system through your business entities, or as you grow as different types of asset protection, trust or jurisdictions, exemptions, and make sure that if something were to happen, whether it be professionally or in your personal life, that you can sleep well at night, knowing that you personally in your finances are protected. And so I think you know, what we're going to talk about today is how to incorporate that into their business going forward, their life going forward, and their clients lives.
Justin Stoddart
I love it. So what are some key things that real estate agents need to be doing and are looking for in the lives of their clients?
Brian Bradley
Yeah, so I would say for themselves? No, I think that the conversation would be good for either, you know, they can use the same principle no matter what. And so I would say, the first thing is, as you're building your empire or your business, is get on the phone with the lawyer and talk about and your CPA and say what business structure, what it does, and then he should I be using to protect myself and maximize my taxes on that would be number one, start building your network. And if you can start taking more hats off of your head, you're going to free up more time and you're going to start working more efficiently and effectively. On so the idea is just you know, if you want to go kind of like Robert Kiyosaki it, you know, Rich Dad, Poor Dad is you don't want to be spending all your time doing everything yourself. So if you can start taking little pieces of the pie, you know, and giving them up the free up your time and using experts, do it, go get a good attorney, go get a good real estate attorney, go get a good asset protection attorney, go get good, you know, agents to work with, and then start freeing up your time, you know, to do what you're good at. And the world. Yeah, if you want to break are some of these specific?...
