How To Keep Crushing Debt From Crushing You – with Russell DeMott

Russell DeMott, Legal

When I interviewed the founder of SEOMoz a few weeks ago, he revealed how he had over $500,000 in debt at one point in his career and needed to hide from creditors. When I responded by calling for a lawyer to do an interview about how to deal with heavy debt because it’s so common, Russell DeMott emailed and volunteered to help out.

Russ is a bankruptcy lawyer in Charleston South Carolina. In this interview you’ll hear: How to structure your company from day one to protect your finances. How changing one thing about the way you sign contracts can give you protection or remove it. And how to use bankruptcy properly.

Russell DeMott

Russell DeMott is a Charleston, South Carolina Bankruptcy Lawyer and is the author of the Charleston Bankruptcy Blog.

 

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