Frequently Asked Questions
Strategic Trust & Estate Planning for Founders, Business Owners & Real Estate Investors
As businesses grow, planning becomes more complex. This FAQ library is designed to help founders, business owners, and real estate investors better understand the strategies, structures, and planning considerations that arise as wealth, exposure, and responsibility evolve. Whether you're building, protecting, transitioning, or preserving what you've created, these answers provide a starting point for understanding the planning opportunities available.
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Foundational Estate Planning
Every founder, business owner, and investor needs a strong foundation. These questions cover the essentials of estate planning, including revocable trusts, incapacity planning, probate avoidance, and the basic strategies that help protect your family and create continuity if something happens unexpectedly.
What is a revocable trust?
A revocable trust is a foundational estate planning tool designed to help families avoid probate, maintain privacy, and create continuity if incapacity or death occurs.
Does a revocable trust protect assets from lawsuits or creditors?
Generally, no. Revocable trusts are primarily designed for probate avoidance and continuity planning — not liability protection.
Why do business owners need different estate planning?
Business owners often face additional risks and complexity through employees, guarantees, investments, commercial leases, and operational liability. Their planning needs typically evolve alongside their businesses.
What happens if something happens to the business owner unexpectedly?
Without proper planning, families and business partners may struggle to understand ownership, operations, entity structures, or succession intentions.
Strategic planning helps create continuity and organization before a crisis occurs.
What happens to my business if I become incapacitated?
Without clear planning and organization, family members and business partners may struggle to manage operations, ownership, and decision-making.
How often should business owners review their estate plan?
Business owners should generally review planning periodically as businesses grow, structures change, investments expand, or family circumstances evolve.
Do business owners eventually outgrow basic estate planning?
Often yes.
A revocable trust may provide an important foundation, but as businesses and investments evolve, additional planning layers may become necessary.
That evolution can include:
- asset protection
- succession planning
- tax strategy
- organizational cleanup
- and liquidity event planning
Asset Protection Trusts (APTs)
As businesses grow, exposure often grows alongside them. These questions address common concerns about Asset Protection Trusts, including how they work, what assets may be protected, trustee responsibilities, and how business owners and investors can proactively manage risk while maintaining control and flexibility.
Understanding Asset Protection Trusts
Asset Protection Trusts are designed to help founders, business owners, and investors proactively protect assets from future risks and liabilities. These questions explain who may benefit from an APT, how they differ from basic estate planning, and why they are often considered as wealth and exposure grow.
Who should consider an Asset Protection Trust?
Asset Protection Trusts are often considered by:
- founders
- business owners
- real estate investors
- professionals with liability exposure
- individuals with significant equity or investments
What is an Asset Protection Trust?
An Asset Protection Trust (APT) is a trust structure designed to help protect assets from future creditor exposure while still allowing strategic flexibility and ongoing use of assets
At what point should business owners start considering asset protection planning?
Many business owners begin considering planning when:
- personal guarantees increase
- employees are added
- commercial leases become larger
- investment holdings grow
- or significant home equity accumulates
As exposure grows, planning often becomes more important.
Is an Asset Protection Trust only for ultra-wealthy families?
No. Many business owners and real estate investors begin considering asset protection planning once exposure and equity accumulation increase.
Why isn't a revocable trust enough for a business owner?
A revocable trust is an important foundation for nearly every estate plan. It helps avoid probate, provides continuity if you become incapacitated, and can simplify the transfer of assets to your family. However, a revocable trust is generally not designed to protect assets from lawsuits, creditors, or business-related liabilities.
As businesses grow, founders and business owners often take on additional exposure through personal guarantees, employees, commercial leases, investment properties, business partnerships, and other risks. While a revocable trust can help your family avoid court involvement after death or incapacity, it typically does not prevent creditors from reaching assets that you own and control.
For many business owners, there comes a point where foundational planning alone may no longer be sufficient. As wealth, equity, and exposure increase, additional planning strategies—such as Asset Protection Trusts, business structuring, succession planning, or advanced tax planning—may become appropriate.
A good estate plan should evolve alongside your business. The planning that worked when your company was just getting started may not be enough once you've built significant assets, accumulated home equity, expanded into real estate investments, or taken on greater liability exposure.
In short, a revocable trust is often the starting point. For many founders, business owners, and real estate investors, it is not the finish line.
How is an Asset Protection Trust different from insurance?
Insurance and asset protection planning serve different purposes.
Insurance helps manage certain categories of risk, but policies always contain limitations, exclusions, caps, and coverage boundaries.
Asset protection planning is often designed to complement insurance coverage by addressing additional exposure concerns.
Does insurance fully protect business owners?
Insurance is critical, but it may not cover every exposure or scenario. Strategic planning is often designed to complement — not replace — insurance coverage.
Can an Asset Protection Trust help protect against business-related liability?
Potentially, yes.
One of the primary reasons founders, business owners, and real estate investors consider Asset Protection Trusts is to create separation between personal wealth and future business-related risks.
As businesses grow, exposure often grows alongside them. Common sources of liability may include:
- Personal guarantees on commercial leases or loans
- Employee and HR-related claims
- Contract disputes
- Business litigation
- Real estate investment exposure
- Partnership disputes
- Professional liability claims
Without proper planning, personal assets such as your home, investment accounts, or other accumulated wealth may be vulnerable to creditor claims arising from business activities.
An Asset Protection Trust is designed to move certain assets into a separate legal structure before problems arise. When implemented proactively and properly administered, the trust may help protect those assets from future creditor claims while still allowing the client to maintain significant involvement in managing investments and planning decisions.
Asset protection planning is not about hiding assets or avoiding legitimate obligations. It is about recognizing that successful business owners often face different risks than the average family and taking reasonable steps to protect what they have spent years building.
Every situation is different, and the effectiveness of any strategy depends on factors such as timing, the nature of the assets, applicable law, and the specific structure used. For that reason, asset protection planning is most effective when it is part of a broader strategy that considers your business, investments, family, and long-term goals.
What happens if I sign a personal guarantee?
A personal guarantee can create significant exposure for business owners because it blurs the line between business obligations and personal assets.
Many founders and business owners form LLCs or corporations to help separate business risk from personal wealth. However, when a lender, landlord, or other party requires a personal guarantee, you are personally agreeing to be responsible if the business cannot meet its obligations.
For example, if you personally guarantee a commercial lease, business loan, or line of credit and the business later struggles or fails, the creditor may pursue you personally for payment. Depending on the circumstances, that could put assets such as home equity, investment accounts, or other personal assets at risk.
This is one reason many successful business owners eventually begin looking beyond basic estate planning. As personal guarantees, business obligations, and accumulated wealth increase, the potential consequences of a business setback can become much more significant.
Asset protection planning may help address some of these concerns by creating separation between certain personal assets and future business-related risks. The goal is not to avoid legitimate obligations, but to proactively evaluate exposure and determine whether additional planning may be appropriate before problems arise.
Many business owners sign personal guarantees without fully understanding how much risk they have accepted. Reviewing those obligations and understanding how they fit into your overall planning strategy is often an important part of protecting what you have built.
Control & Ownership
One of the most common concerns about Asset Protection Trusts is control. These questions explore how trustees, trust directors, and beneficiaries interact, helping you understand how protection can be achieved while still maintaining practical involvement in your assets and planning.
Does an Asset Protection Trust mean giving up control of my assets?
Not necessarily. Many structures are designed so clients can continue managing investments and benefiting from assets while reducing exposure.
What is the difference between a trustee and a trust director?
Generally speaking:
- the trustee handles administrative and fiduciary responsibilities
- the trust director may retain authority over investment and management decisions
Specific structures vary depending on planning goals.
Who should I choose as my trustee?
Choosing the right trustee is one of the most important decisions in asset protection planning.
In many cases, clients choose a trusted third party such as:
- a close friend
- a sibling or in-law
- a trusted advisor
- or a professional fiduciary
The trustee’s role is generally administrative and fiduciary in nature. They are not taking over your life or operating your business.
The trustee holds legal title to assets inside the trust and has responsibilities associated with distributions and administration, but the structure can still allow the client to retain significant practical control over investments and day-to-day management decisions.
Why can't I be my own trustee?
A trust generally requires a separation between the person benefiting from the trust and the person administering it.
If the same person is the sole trustee and sole beneficiary, courts may view the arrangement as lacking meaningful separation.
Asset protection planning relies on properly structured fiduciary relationships and clearly defined legal roles.
Can family members serve as trustees?
Sometimes.
The answer depends on:
- the goals of the trust
- whether tax planning is involved
- whether the trustee is also a beneficiary
- and the specific structure being used
In some tax-sensitive structures, certain related parties may create tax complications or undermine the intended planning outcomes.
Can a beneficiary also serve as trustee?
Potentially, but it depends heavily on the structure.
In asset protection planning, allowing a beneficiary unrestricted control over distributions to themselves may weaken the intended protection because creditors may attempt to step into those same rights.
The structure needs to be carefully designed.
Does the trustee actually own my assets?
The trustee holds legal title to trust assets, but that does not mean they can simply use the assets however they want.
Trustees owe fiduciary duties to beneficiaries, which are among the highest legal duties recognized under the law.
In practical terms, many trustees function more like administrators or managers who help maintain the legal structure and integrity of the trust.
Can the trustee live in my house or use my property?
Generally, no.
A trustee holding legal title to property does not automatically gain the right to occupy, use, or personally benefit from the property unless the trust specifically allows it.
The beneficiary relationship and the legal ownership relationship are intentionally separated.
Do trustees usually get paid?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Many families use trusted friends or relatives who are willing to serve without compensation. In other situations — especially where administration is more complex — trustees may be compensated for their time and responsibilities.
Professional fiduciaries are also an option in some planning structures.
Assets Inside the Trust
Not every asset belongs in an Asset Protection Trust. These questions address which assets are commonly included, which assets may be better held elsewhere, and how business interests, investment accounts, real estate, and home equity fit into an overall protection strategy.
What assets work best inside an Asset Protection Trust?
Generally speaking, Asset Protection Trusts tend to work best with assets that are expected to hold or accumulate value over time and do not require frequent day-to-day transactions.
Examples often include:
- Personal residences
- Investment real estate
- Vacation properties
- Investment accounts
- Passive business interests
- Ownership interests in companies
- Certain life insurance assets
- Other long-term investments
These assets are often good candidates because they typically represent significant accumulated wealth while requiring relatively little routine activity. Once placed into a properly structured trust, they can continue to be managed, grow in value, and remain part of a broader asset protection strategy.
By contrast, assets used for everyday spending—such as checking accounts used for groceries, utilities, payroll, or routine household expenses—are often less practical candidates. Asset Protection Trusts generally work best when there is a clear distinction between long-term assets being protected and funds used for day-to-day living.
For many founders, business owners, and real estate investors, some of their most valuable assets are tied up in home equity, investment properties, business ownership interests, and investment portfolios. These are often the types of assets reviewed first when evaluating whether asset protection planning may be appropriate.
The right assets for an Asset Protection Trust depend on your goals, risk profile, and overall planning strategy. Rather than simply transferring everything into a trust, effective planning focuses on identifying which assets create the greatest opportunity for protection while maintaining flexibility and practicality for the client.
What assets usually should NOT go into an Asset Protection Trust?
- High-transaction personal spending accounts are generally not ideal for asset protection structures.
- Routine household checking accounts and daily spending accounts are often handled separately.
Should I put my everyday bank account into an Asset Protection Trust?
Usually not.
Most people do not place the account they use for groceries, gas, routine bills, and day-to-day expenses into an Asset Protection Trust.
Instead, planning often focuses on protecting larger accumulated assets while creating a structured process for distributions when needed.
Can investment accounts go into an Asset Protection Trust?
Yes, in many situations investment accounts are strong candidates for asset protection planning.
Investment portfolios are often relatively low-transaction assets that can continue growing while remaining inside a structured protection framework.
Can business ownership interests be held in an Asset Protection Trust?
In many cases, yes. Business interests and investment entities are commonly reviewed as part of strategic planning.
Can real estate investors benefit from Asset Protection Trusts?
Yes. Real estate investors often face liability exposure tied to properties, tenants, guarantees, and investments.
Can I protect all of the equity in my home?
Potentially, yes.
For many founders, business owners, and real estate investors, a home represents one of the largest concentrations of personal wealth. As equity grows over time, many people begin looking for ways to better protect that asset from future risks and liabilities.
Most states provide some level of homestead protection, but those protections are often limited. Depending on your circumstances, a portion of your home's equity may still be exposed to creditor claims or business-related liabilities.
One advantage of certain Asset Protection Trust structures is that they may allow homeowners to protect significantly more equity than would otherwise be protected under standard statutory exemptions. In some situations, an Asset Protection Trust may be used to protect all of the equity in a residence while still allowing the homeowner to continue living in and enjoying the property.
The effectiveness of any strategy depends on factors such as timing, applicable law, the amount of equity involved, and the overall structure of your planning. Asset protection planning is generally most effective when implemented proactively, before lawsuits, creditor claims, or other problems arise.
For business owners and investors who have spent years building equity in their home, protecting that asset is often one of the first reasons to explore whether an Asset Protection Trust may be appropriate.
Practical Use
Asset protection planning should work in the real world, not just on paper. These questions cover how Asset Protection Trusts function day-to-day, including living in a home owned by the trust, accessing funds, refinancing property, and managing assets over time.
Can I still live in my home if it's inside an Asset Protection Trust?
In many cases, yes. The structure is designed to protect assets while preserving practical use and lifestyle.
Can an Asset Protection Trust own my home?
Yes.
A personal residence is often one of the strongest candidates for asset protection planning because:
- equity can accumulate significantly over time
- the property itself is relatively low-transaction
- and the asset may represent a major concentration of personal wealth
Can I still access money inside the trust?
Potentially yes.
The structure can be designed to allow distributions while maintaining the integrity of the planning.
The key is usually creating a clear, organized, and properly administered system for how distributions occur.
How do distributions work?
Every structure is different, but distributions are generally handled through formal procedures involving the trustee.
The goal is to maintain the legal separation and integrity of the trust while still allowing practical access and usability where appropriate.
Can I refinance property held inside an Asset Protection Trust?
Often yes.
Refinancing may involve trustee participation and proper administrative procedures, but many structures are designed to accommodate refinancing and future property changes.
Can I sell property inside the trust and buy another property?
In many cases, yes.
Planning structures can often allow the sale and replacement of properties while preserving the broader protection framework.
Timing & Creditor Protection
Timing is one of the most important factors in asset protection planning. These questions explain why proactive planning matters, how creditor protection works, and why many strategies are most effective when implemented before problems or claims arise.
When is it too late to create an Asset Protection Trust?
Asset protection planning is generally most effective when implemented proactively — before lawsuits, creditor claims, or other major problems arise.
Planning after a crisis has already occurred can create significant legal complications.
Why does proactive planning matter so much?
Because courts may closely scrutinize transfers that occur after claims or liabilities already exist.
A common comparison is trying to purchase insurance after an accident has already happened.
The strongest planning is usually done during periods of stability — not crisis.
Are Asset Protection Trusts about “hiding assets”?
No.
Strategic planning is about lawful organization, proactive risk management, continuity planning, and preserving assets appropriately.
The goal is not secrecy. The goal is structure.
Founder & Business Owner Planning
Entrepreneurial lives often become more complex over time. These questions focus on the unique planning challenges founders and business owners face, including multiple entities, business organization, operational complexity, continuity concerns, and keeping planning aligned with growth and changing objectives.
What planning issues are unique to founders and entrepreneurs?
Founders often face:
- operational complexity
- liability exposure
- multiple entities
- succession concerns
- investment risk
- continuity issues
- liquidity event planning
What if my business structure has become too complicated?
That situation is extremely common for successful founders and entrepreneurs.
Over time, many business owners accumulate:
- multiple LLCs
- overlapping entities
- outdated structures
- inconsistent ownership records
- disconnected advisors
- and unclear organizational systems
Strategic planning often includes simplifying and organizing those structures.
What happens if I already have multiple LLCs and trusts?
That situation is more common than many business owners realize.
Successful founders, business owners, and real estate investors often accumulate entities and planning structures over time. An LLC gets created for a rental property, another for a new business venture, a trust is established for estate planning, and additional entities are added as opportunities arise. Years later, the overall structure may be far more complicated than originally intended.
The challenge is that complexity can create confusion. Assets may not be titled correctly, ownership may not align with planning goals, some entities may no longer serve a useful purpose, and family members may have little understanding of how everything fits together.
In many cases, the issue is not that there are too many entities or trusts. The issue is that the overall structure has never been reviewed as a complete system.
A planning review can help answer questions such as:
- Are all of these entities still necessary?
- Are assets titled correctly?
- Do the trusts and LLCs work together as intended?
- Is there unnecessary complexity?
- Would a spouse, trustee, or successor know how everything works?
- Are there gaps in asset protection or continuity planning?
For many entrepreneurial families, one of the greatest benefits of strategic planning is not creating additional structures—it is simplifying and organizing the structures that already exist. The goal is to create a system that protects assets, supports long-term objectives, and can be understood and managed by the people who may one day need to step into your shoes.
As businesses, investments, and wealth evolve, periodic reviews can help ensure that your planning remains aligned with your current goals rather than the circumstances that existed years ago when the original entities were created.
How do I know if my business structure still makes sense?
Many business owners create their business structure based on the circumstances they faced at the time. A new company is formed, a rental property is acquired, a partner comes on board, or a new investment opportunity arises. Over time, additional LLCs, corporations, trusts, and agreements are added to address specific needs.
Years later, however, the structure may no longer reflect how the business actually operates.
A business structure may be worth reviewing if:
- You have multiple LLCs or entities and are not sure why some of them exist.
- Assets have been acquired or sold since the original planning was completed.
- Your business has grown significantly.
- You have added partners, investors, or key employees.
- You have acquired real estate or other investments.
- You are considering retirement, succession, or a future sale.
- You are not confident that your trusts, entities, and assets are properly coordinated.
- Your spouse or family members would struggle to understand how everything fits together.
A structure that once made perfect sense can become outdated as businesses evolve. What began as a simple organization chart may gradually become a collection of entities, accounts, and ownership arrangements that no longer align with your goals or current level of risk.
The right question is often not, "Do I need more entities?" but rather, "Does my current structure still accomplish what it was designed to accomplish?"
A periodic review can help identify unnecessary complexity, gaps in protection, outdated planning, and opportunities to simplify. For many founders and business owners, the goal is not adding more layers—it is creating a structure that is organized, efficient, easy to manage, and capable of supporting both the business and the family if circumstances change.
As your business evolves, your planning should evolve with it. A structure that made sense five or ten years ago may not be the structure that best serves your needs today.
Why does organizational clarity matter?
Many founders build complex structures over time. Without organization and simplification, families and successors may struggle to manage or understand the system after incapacity or death.
Why does continuity planning matter for entrepreneurial families?
Entrepreneurial wealth is often more complex than traditional personal wealth.
Business ownership, investments, entities, partnerships, and operational systems may all need coordination.
Continuity planning helps preserve clarity, reduce overwhelm, and support smoother transitions for families and successors.
What happens if a founder dies unexpectedly without organized planning?
Families may inherit significant confusion, operational challenges, and administrative overwhelm.
Without clear organization and continuity planning, surviving spouses, children, business partners, and advisors may struggle to understand:
- ownership structures
- entity relationships
- operational responsibilities
- or succession intentions
Succession & Continuity Planning
A successful plan should do more than transfer assets—it should help ensure that businesses, investments, and responsibilities continue smoothly if circumstances change. These questions explore succession planning, family preparedness, leadership transitions, and strategies for reducing confusion and preserving continuity for future generations.
What is succession planning?
Succession planning focuses on how ownership, management, leadership, and assets transition over time.
How do I prepare my family to manage my business and investments?
Preparing your family involves more than deciding who inherits your assets. It means helping the people you trust understand how your businesses, investments, entities, and advisors fit together.
Many founders and business owners are the central source of information about their operations, ownership structures, and long-term plans. Without clear organization, family members may struggle to locate important documents, understand decision-making authority, or know who to contact for help.
Effective planning creates a roadmap that helps your family and advisors understand what you own, how it is structured, and how responsibilities should transition if something happens to you. The goal is to reduce confusion, preserve value, and provide continuity for both your business and your family.
What happens to my business if I become incapacitated?
Without clear planning and organization, family members and business partners may struggle to manage operations, ownership, and decision-making.
What happens if a founder dies unexpectedly without organized planning?
Families may inherit significant confusion, operational challenges, and administrative overwhelm.
Without clear organization and continuity planning, surviving spouses, children, business partners, and advisors may struggle to understand:
- ownership structures
- entity relationships
- operational responsibilities
- or succession intentions
Why does continuity planning matter for entrepreneurial families?
Entrepreneurial wealth is often more complex than traditional personal wealth.
Business ownership, investments, entities, partnerships, and operational systems may all need coordination.
Continuity planning helps preserve clarity, reduce overwhelm, and support smoother transitions for families and successors.
Exit, Liquidity & Advanced Planning
Major transactions can create significant planning opportunities. These questions address advanced strategies often considered before a business sale, liquidity event, or substantial increase in wealth, including tax planning, advanced trust structures, wealth transfer strategies, and preparing for long-term family stewardship.
What is a liquidity event?
A liquidity event typically involves a significant transaction such as a business sale, acquisition, or major ownership transition.
When does tax planning become important?
Advanced tax planning often becomes more relevant as wealth, investments, and business value increase or when major transactions are anticipated.
How can trust planning help prepare for a business sale?
Preparing for a business sale often involves more than negotiating a purchase price. The structure of your ownership, entities, and estate plan can have a significant impact on taxes, asset protection, and how sale proceeds are ultimately transferred and managed.
Trust planning may create opportunities to organize ownership, address succession goals, protect assets, and position your family for future wealth management before a transaction occurs. In some situations, planning completed before a sale can also create meaningful tax and transfer planning opportunities.
Because many strategies must be implemented before a transaction is underway, founders and business owners often benefit from reviewing their planning well in advance of a potential sale or liquidity event.
Can trust planning help reduce taxes when selling a business?
Potentially, yes.
For some founders and business owners, advance trust planning may create opportunities to reduce or defer certain taxes associated with a future business sale. The available strategies depend on factors such as the size of the transaction, ownership structure, timing, and long-term planning goals.
Because many tax-planning opportunities must be implemented before a sale is imminent, business owners often benefit from reviewing their planning well in advance of a potential liquidity event. The earlier planning begins, the more options may be available.
What planning opportunities should founders consider before a liquidity event?
A potential business sale can create opportunities to review asset protection, succession planning, wealth transfer strategies, and tax planning before a transaction occurs.
Depending on the circumstances, founders may benefit from evaluating trust structures, ownership arrangements, charitable planning, and other strategies designed to align with their long-term family and financial goals. Because many opportunities are time-sensitive, planning is often most effective when it begins well before a sale or liquidity event is underway.
What is a Nevada Incomplete Gift Non-Grantor Trust (NING)?
A Nevada Incomplete Gift Non-Grantor Trust (NING) is an advanced trust planning strategy sometimes used by high-net-worth individuals to potentially reduce state income taxes on certain investment gains or future liquidity events.
A NING trust is most often considered when someone is anticipating:
- A business sale or liquidity event
- Significant investment gains
- Large concentrated stock positions
- Substantial taxable income from investments
- Long-term wealth transfer planning
Because these strategies are highly technical and subject to complex tax rules, they require careful planning and must be implemented well before a transaction occurs.
For most business owners, foundational estate planning and asset protection planning come first. NING trusts are generally considered later, when wealth, complexity, and potential tax exposure reach a level where advanced planning may be appropriate.
How does advanced planning differ from basic estate planning?
Basic estate planning focuses on foundational concerns such as avoiding probate, planning for incapacity, protecting minor children, and ensuring assets pass according to your wishes.
Advanced planning addresses the additional challenges that often arise as wealth, business interests, and complexity grow. It may include:
- Asset protection planning
- Business succession planning
- Advanced trust strategies
- Tax planning opportunities
- Liquidity event preparation
- Multigenerational wealth transfer
For many founders, business owners, and real estate investors, basic estate planning is the starting point. Advanced planning becomes relevant as risk exposure, asset values, and long-term planning objectives evolve.
At what level of wealth do advanced tax planning strategies become relevant?
There is no single dollar amount that applies to everyone, but advanced tax planning often becomes more relevant when significant wealth, business value, or investment gains are involved.
Business owners and investors may begin exploring advanced planning when they are facing:
- A potential business sale or liquidity event
- Significant appreciation in assets
- Large investment gains
- Growing estate tax concerns
- Multigenerational wealth transfer goals
- Complex ownership or trust structures
For many people, foundational estate planning and asset protection planning remain the priority. Advanced tax strategies are typically considered when the potential tax savings justify the additional complexity and planning involved. The earlier these discussions occur, the more options may be available.