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We protect the money you worked a lifetime for - guaranteed retirement income, legacy and spousal protection, long-term-care planning, and capital-gains deferral (Sec. 453) when you sell a business or property. helps families protect their retirement savings and the people who depend on them: guaranteed lifetime income, spousal and survivor protection, long-term-care solutions, and structured installment sales (IRC Sec. 453) to defer the tax on a major sale. goldsteinco.net

Most people who sell a business or a rental this year will overpay their taxes. Not because they did anything wrong, but...
08/27/2026

Most people who sell a business or a rental this year will overpay their taxes. Not because they did anything wrong, but because no one told them the sale doesn't have to land all in one year.

A structured installment sale (IRC Section 453) lets you spread the gain across a schedule you design, backed by a major insurer, so your money keeps compounding before it's taxed and pays out like a pension. It's been in the tax code since 1980.

If you're selling something for $1M or more, it's worth a 15-minute look before you sign anything.

https://goldsteinco.net/structured-installment-sale/

Before any strategy, know your real number: sale price minus cost basis, adjusted for depreciation. THAT gain, not the s...
08/25/2026

Before any strategy, know your real number: sale price minus cost basis, adjusted for depreciation. THAT gain, not the sale price, is what you're deferring.

Bring those figures to a 15-minute call and I'll show you lump-sum tax vs. a structured installment sale side by side, against your actual deal. No retainer. The carrier compensates the broker, not you.

What are you thinking of selling this year?

https://goldsteinco.net/structured-installment-sale/

08/23/2026

"I have enough saved — I'll just self-insure."

Maybe. But self-insuring means your own portfolio absorbs the hit. A $300K long-term-care event or an early death doesn't just cost the money — it hits at the worst possible time and forces you to sell assets, often in a down market, often triggering taxes.

Insurance exists to move a catastrophic, unpredictable risk off your balance sheet for pennies on the dollar. Self-insuring the small stuff is smart. Self-insuring the catastrophe is a gamble.

One giant gain complicates everything: IRMAA Medicare surcharges, estimated taxes, estate planning. A structured install...
08/20/2026

One giant gain complicates everything: IRMAA Medicare surcharges, estimated taxes, estate planning. A structured installment sale turns that spike into a level, predictable stream.

Even high earners use it just for the smoothing, defer the tax AND simplify the whole picture. If you've got a large sale coming, the calm of a level income surface is worth more than people expect.

https://goldsteinco.net/high-income-structured-installment-sale/

If you're a plaintiff attorney staring at a seven-figure contingency fee in a top-bracket year, you can defer the tax on...
08/18/2026

If you're a plaintiff attorney staring at a seven-figure contingency fee in a top-bracket year, you can defer the tax on that fee, spreading the income across years and letting the pre-tax amount compound.

Same engine as a structured installment sale, applied to legal fees (the Childs approach). It's a 15-minute conversation that can change your tax year meaningfully.

https://goldsteinco.net/attorney-fee-deferral/

Sold land or a ranch held for decades? The basis is often tiny and the gain is enormous. Sell outright and a third can v...
08/11/2026

Sold land or a ranch held for decades? The basis is often tiny and the gain is enormous. Sell outright and a third can vanish to taxes in one year.

A structured installment sale spreads that gain, defers the tax, and pays a guaranteed carrier-backed income, with no requirement to buy replacement property the way a 1031 demands. Keep more of what the land earned.

Selling acreage this year? Let's run the numbers.

https://goldsteinco.net/sell-real-estate-defer-capital-gains/

Section 453 vs. a Deferred Sales Trust. Both defer capital gains, but they are not the same risk.A structured installmen...
08/04/2026

Section 453 vs. a Deferred Sales Trust. Both defer capital gains, but they are not the same risk.

A structured installment sale is a recognized method in the tax code since 1980, reported on Form 6252, funded by a Fortune-500 insurer. A Deferred Sales Trust leans on a private structure the IRS has never formally blessed, with ongoing trustee and investment risk.

If your CPA wants deferral without the audit conversation, Section 453 is the cleaner tool. Ask me for the head-to-head.

https://goldsteinco.net/section-453-vs-deferred-sales-trust/

The most common Section 453 mistake I see: waiting until after the purchase agreement is signed. By then the window can ...
07/30/2026

The most common Section 453 mistake I see: waiting until after the purchase agreement is signed. By then the window can be closed.

If you're selling a business, practice, or property for $1M+, loop in your CPA and a specialist BEFORE the ink dries. Send your accountant the technical guide (the code cites, the tests, a reliance memo) so they can sign off in advance. Then close with the structure already in place.

https://goldsteinco.net/section-453-cpa-guide/

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