Private Homeownership: Your Options Explained w/ Jonathan Steele

Owning (or renting!) privately is a challenge, and Jonathan Steele is a lawyer who will break it down for us. Is renting more private than owning a home? How do celebrities do it? From Trusts, LLCs, Nominee agreements, plausible deniability, the legality of privacy tools, and so much more to help non-legal experts understand the complex world of privacy in the legal system. Jonathan Steele is a practicing lawyer who answers many questions for us!

Steele Fortress: https://steelefortress.com/

His personal site: https://www.steelefamlaw.com/

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Timestamps:

00:00 Teaser

00:26 About Jonathan Steele and his privacy journey

03:34 What privacy advice is legally questionable?

09:34 What defines a 'residential address'?

11:00 What's the legal issue if you aren't breaking laws?

12:20 Are there any illegal privacy tools?

13:22 Plausible deniability explained

16:50 Options to purchase a home privately!

20:52 Privacy implications of renting vs owning?

21:46 Nominee Agreements Explained

24:06 Land Trusts Explained

29:40 LLCs Explained

31:42 LLCs vs Trusts for Privacy

35:38 An LLC that owns a trust? Why or why not?

36:56 Privacy implications of a mortgage?

39:46 Steps to purchasing your home privately!

41:24 Can you make your current home more private?

42:38 Mortgage vs Cash for privacy

43:54 Who shouldn't make their home private?

45:02 Is keeping your home private even realistic?

47:44 How do the rich, famous & celebrities stay private?

52:20 Why are court records public?

54:06 Final summaries, Steele Fortress, and more!

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