Here is the continuation of trustee skills. If you haven’t seen the first part, check it out here.

Here is the list of skills from this videos:

• Reads books on trust
• Good credit rating
• no political affiliations

Trustee with experience requirements

• Familiar with investment opportunities
• 35 years or older
• 3 years trust experience
• Familiar with trust legal cases
• Familiar financial institutions
• Handling beneficiaries
• Understands K-1s and 1040s
• The secret skill

While this is not a list of all the skills one should have to run a trust smoothly, these will get the job done and hopefully keep your or the trust you’re running out of harms way. If your trustee is a life long learner, then they will stay abreast of anything that would effect the trust.

With this understanding, how does this affect your thoughts about having and/or running a trust? Leave your comments below.

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In today’s video, we get down to some needed understanding of what skills a trustee needs. We’re going to break down each skill in it’s on video (the one’s needed) as time goes on.

As a recap, blow are the mentioned skills in this video:

• Accounting
• Legal understanding
• Mentorship skills
• Language skills
• Writing skills
• Computer literacy
• A Life long learner
• 3 years Business experience
• Familiar with investments
• Not a 9 to 5er

Many of us have these skills but they may need to be improved. Others will need to be learned. A trust is a team effort so send this video to everyone you would even consider being a business partner and/or running your trust. Post it on your social networks and see if people are willing to improve or obtain these skills. Now is the time to start gathering your team.

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ap·a·thy [ap-uh-thee] noun, plural ap·a·thies.
1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.

2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
(source: dictionary.com)

The concept of selective apathy is very simple, but amazing difficult to implement for many. If you look at the comments on the YouTube channel, people are quoting the Bible, situations and other point to similar ideas, yet people still have a hard time being a little more apathetic. There are a lot of situations that it just helps tremendously to be that way.

Situations:

Friends

For example, let’s say you have a friend who is constantly back and forth with their significant other? Many of us want to offer advice, other perspectives, etc. In the beginning this is fine, but if they continue to come to you with their issues (especially when you only get the bad and no update), no matter how far apart the events are, if they haven’t taken your advice or considered what you’ve said, stop! Stop caring about that aspect of their life. They obviously don’t want your view and just want to vent. There is nothing wrong with listening to a friend vent. To me, it’s your duty as friend, but it’s also their duty to respect and contemplate what you say. That’s a two way street. If they keep complaining, stop them. Cut them off and tell them explicitly you don’t want to hear it. You can do it more subtly, but that may come off the wrong way and cause a problem. Both methods can cause a rift, but you can better assess any situation you personally find yourself in. Either way, you are not obligated to care about every aspect of your friends (or anybody’s) life. It can’t be done safely.

Helping Clients

In helping people, I have to find a fine balance between caring and not. If I’m only objective in my views, I become too cold and unemphatic/unsympathetic to the situation I’m helping the person with. If I care too much, I become emotionally drained, and even sometimes run the risk of caring more than my client about the outcome. Many people don’t understand what it means to truly help people. It’s a very emotional task. Anyone can give “advice,” type some words on a forum and call it “help,” but when you’re really helping people, you have no choice but to become emotionally involved on some level. Can I help without caring? Yes, but I also won’t have many clients. To do so is to forget that I’m dealing with people who are emotional living creatures, and not just a “situation” “someone” has.

OPM – Other People’s Money

Another common situation is when someone is having money problems but contrarily tells (whether on purpose or inadvertently) me they’re going on some type of trip or spend it on some random item. At this point I start to cut off the caring because obviously their priorities are out of order (and my time is probably being wasted if they’re not paying me). No matter how they emotionally justify their purchase, it doesn’t matter. They don’t care enough to see the problem or how they’re not helping the situation.

Relationships

If you have boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband, the rules still apply. If they continue to do things that don’t make sense, stop caring about the outcome if what they’re doing does not affect you. Maybe they can’t figure out what they want to do with themselves in a particular area of their life. One minute they want this and the next moment that. Just stop caring and support whatever they do (or don’t). You can’t care about all areas of anyone’s life, nor do you have the power to dictate to them in every area. If you did, it would technically be slavery, but then what happens to your personal life if you’re dictating every action they make? Remember, only care about things you have control over.

The list of situations go on and on. To not care about an aspect of someone is not the same as not caring about that person in general. Trust me, that they don’t care about every aspect of your life. That is merely a belief believe you hold. Stop and think about it, do you really care about every aspect of anyone’s life…in the world? I highly doubt it. That means worrying about the soap they use, the way they comb their hair, the length of time and pressure they brush their teeth, how they walk, how many times they wipe after #2, the positions they choose during s-, you get my point. If you do, you’re are a control freak that needs to be checked into an institution as that is dangerous and you’re definitely not minding your own business.

Homework:

Throughout the week, in every situation you find yourself, think about what is happening, if you have control over the outcome and how you feel about the each item. Tell yourself out loud or to yourself “Don’t care.” Or ask yourself “why do I care about this” and “Should I care if I can’t do anything about it?” If you complain about a situation, that’s caring too much as complaining usually indicates that you can’t do anything about the situation. If you don’t have control, just shut up.

Benefit(s):

When your stop caring about objects that don’t merit your emotional energy, you can divert your now freed up emotions and put them to better use. This could be your relationship, children, friends, yourself(!), hobbies, etc. Trust me when I say it won’t be easy at first, but the reward is well worth it. Watch your stress levels dramatically drop. Your energy level will also increase because it’s not being used up in unnecessary emotions.

Care less to care more.

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As stated before, the credit privacy number (a.k.a. secondary credit number, credit profile number, credit protection number) is a very controversial topic. Many feel it’s scam while others just say it’s flat out illegal, though they have no evidence to support their claim. In this video, we cover more of the scam aspects surround the credit privacy number. Leave your comments on what you think?

After being down for a few days, which set us back on our schedule, we’re back with another video. During our time away, I was introduced to something (again) called a Secondary Credit Number. My friend called me up and told me that after a year of dealing with them, he’s comfortable selling them and wanted to extend the opportunity to me because I’ve helped him for so many years with any information he needed. After we talked for about 30 minutes, I was also convinced that everything was legit, however I still had to do my own due diligence. What a ride! This is such a controversial number! People just flat out say it’s illegal, other say it’s used all the time. It’s very hard to come to a solid decision on what to think.

Nonetheless, with a little critical thinking and legal understanding, what was and was not said in many of the videos and articles became apparent to me. I think my search will continue as I try to falsify the CPNs legitimacy. During my exploits, I’ve come to find out the number also goes by other names (in the order I learned them):

• Secondary Credit Number
• Credit Profile Number
• Credit Privacy Number
• Credit Protective Number

We’re going to go over the many issues surrounding the number, but for now, how about an overview. If you haven’t seen it yet, we’ve launched a new section on our site. Here is where we will continue to explore the in’s and out’s of CPNs. Check it out: The CPN Academy.

Leave your comments about what you think about the number? Is it a tool or too good to be true?

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So why did we add the last part revoking consent into the debt validation letter?

Let me explain a little more here. The TCPA has deferred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the authority to make rulings that clarify and interpret the TCPA statute. In a 2008 decision, the FCC held that the act of applying for credit counts as granting a company consent to make auto-dialed calls to the debtor’s cell phone in connection with that debt. This consent is not limited to the original creditor, but also extends to any debt collectors trying to collect on that debt. What does this mean for you? It means that by default, if you are receiving auto-dialed calls from a debt collector in connection with a debt that you applied for, then the debt collector is NOT violating the TCPA by sending you auto-dialed messages.

[side note # 1: The federal district courts seem to be aware that this FCC ruling is in direct opposition to the plain language of the TCPA, which requires strict explicit consent to any company, debt collector or not, in order for them to use an auto-dialer to call you. However, the district courts do not have the authority to overturn this obviously incorrect FCC ruling - only an appellate court can do that. As of this writing, the appellate courts have been silent on this issue; probably because there has not been a case brought before them challenging this decision, because these cases are always settled before they get to that point, but that is just my own commentary]

[side note # 2: In another FCC ruling, the commission held that the person placing the calls has the burden of proving that the recipient did in fact provide consent either to them or the original creditor. The law says that a debt collector has implied consent to use an auto-dialer to call you if you gave your cell number to the original creditor. Whether they can prove that in court is an entirely different matter. They would need to produce something in writing showing that the debtor gave the original creditor a cell phone number, or a phone call recording showing the same.]

This brings us to the issue of REVOKING that consent from any debt collector attempting to collect on an alleged debt. The district courts are split on the correct way to go about this. In a 2010 decision, Starkey v. Firstsource Advantage, LLC., the court held that because the case was substantially a debt collection issue, and not a telemarketing issue, that this consent must be revoked in WRITING. This decision essentially applied the FDCPA standard of ordering a cease of communication in writing to a TCPA claim. Several courts have agreed with this decision in subsequent cases. By contrast, In a 2011 decision, Gutierrez v. Barclays Group, the court held the ORAL revocation of consent is sufficient under the TCPA. Other courts have agreed with this reasoning as well.

So, in order to be thorough, and to develop a strategy that would effectively revoke this consent from the debt collector that would satisfy a judge in any federal court, we have placed this revocation of consent clause into the debt validation letter in writing, so there are no questions that any consent to place autodialed calls to cell phones, whether express or implied, has been revoked. Period.

(I’d like to thank Matt. Z for the research on this insight mentioned above. It is shared knowledge like this that keep us kickin’ a$$!)

Also, don’t forget to download the debt validation document!

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Lots of people’s first reaction to an unfavorable situation is to whip out an administrative process, get a notary and fire it off. While there is nothing wrong with this, my question to everyone is: Is this necessary for everything?

Here are a few questions to ask yourself:

1. Do you have the authority or an interest to demand anything?
2. Do you need a notary to send your process out for you?
3. Are you using a template with your process? If so, is it the right one?
4. Is your process filled with threats you’re not willing to back up (hoping the threat alone will get you remedy)?
5. Is a lawsuit better?
6. Are you prepared to follow through to the end with your process (see question 4)?
7. Do you know how to win in court? (Check out our post on Jurisdictionary)
8. Is the admin process the best weapon of choice for your current situation?

Check out the video for thoughts on these questions. Then share with us your experiences with the admin process in the comments.

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1. Be Prepared
2. Be Professional
3. Improve Your Comprehension & Listening Skills
4. Be Enthusiastic
5. Understand Your Position
6. Smile!
7. Speak With Confidence!

Use these tips if you’re looking for a J.O.B. (just over broke). Share this video if you know someone who is looking for a job. If you have a job, add addition tips in the comments below.

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Product Claim(s):

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List of likes:

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• very easy to follow
• has lots of supporting documents to further your education
• has an audio version for people on the go
• Is laid out in an orderly fashion
• Lots of examples of each point
• relatively short and highly informative
• Very good info-graphics
• leaves the door open for creative strategies
• Is a solid foundation
• Covers all the basics

• The website has extra support which is a plus

List of dislikes:

• The voice used sounds like a 90’s sex education video one would see in high school. Very monotone and unexciting. If you are having a hard time falling asleep, just turn on Jurisdictionary (though the audio is more lively);

• There is no explanation of how or if the information is applicable to criminal cases (though there is a new product he has created to address this on the site);

• He constantly takes shots at “alternative” ways of approaching court , like the standard way is the only effective method of dealing with legal matters. But this does not take away from the value of the information.

Final Verdict:

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• One attorney for every 254 (over 1.2 million lawyers)
• 15 million lawsuits will be filed in 2011 across the U.S.
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