Funding Your Fortress: Asset Transfer Playbook

You built the LLC. You signed the trust. The documents are organized in a binder. But are your assets actually inside the structure?A protection plan that has not been funded is an empty fortress. The walls may be strong, but the real estate, bank accounts, business assets, and ownership interests meant to be protected are still outside the gate.In Funding Your Fortress, asset protection attorney JJ Childers closes the gap between creating a plan and making it work. This practical, plain-language playbook walks you through the steps required to move assets into the proper LLCs and trusts, coordinate with the professionals and institutions involved, and build the paper trail that proves your plan was implemented.Inside, you will learn how to: - Identify assets that are still titled in your personal name - Transfer real estate and understand how deeds change legal ownership - Navigate due-on-sale clauses and the Garn-St. Germain trust exception - Work with lenders and county recorders without avoidable delays - Retitle bank and brokerage accounts correctly - Transfer business equipment, vehicles, and intellectual property - Assign LLC ownership interests into a trust - Keep insurance coverage aligned with the new ownership structure - Follow the right sequence when entities and trusts work together - Use a master funding checklist to close gaps and keep the plan currentYou will also find practical checklists, a sample assignment of LLC membership interest, answers to common funding questions, and a plain-language glossary.This is not complicated legal theory. It is a working guide for business owners, real estate investors, families, and anyone who has already created a protection or estate plan but still needs to complete the job.Your plan is not finished when the documents are signed. It is finished when every asset is where it belongs, every transfer is documented, and the structure is ready to work when it matters most.Build the walls. Move the treasure inside. Close the gate.