The Gordian Knot
by Rick Harmon
Intrigued by mysteries and driven by curiosity, Rick Harmon is on a mission for answers and host to an ever-expanding community of legal and local government professionals.The Gordian Knot Show chronicles his adventures as he meets with the experts smack in the middle of real estate problems, probate, title and missing owner puzzles and how they collaborate to untangle and solve them.Armed with only a business degree, decades of experience and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Rick interviews seasoned, California attorneys, government and top industry leaders in a light-hearted but informative way, discussing problem cases, solutions, and resources that benefit attorneys and the legal community, code enforcement and real estate professionals.*The Gordian Knot is from a mythical story of ancient times.
Episodes
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EP20 - Black Swans
Ever notice how clients with delicate trust or estate matters fail to tell the truth (or the whole truth)?
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EP19 - Cascading Estates
When multiple generations of deceased owners interests have never been transferred, each interest MAY need to be probated and flow through to current heirs or beneficiaries.
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EP18 - Fractional Interests
This is an introduction to the way we look at Fractional Ownership Interests and Solutions for those who receive no current benefits.
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EP17 - Property With DUST
A quick way to evaluate a property, even before your client’s own issues have been examined.
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EP15 - 8 Properties, No Trustee
Despite a pending property tax auction, these eight beach city properties had no living successor trustee or way to save them from loss, until...
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EP14 - What’s Bad is Good!
How I stopped fearing and loathing California real estate title problems and came to appreciate liens and other problems
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EP13 - PETITO Format
Rick Harmon shares his time-tested method for organizing information about messy real estate cases
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Barry Adams - California Devastation And Rebuilding
Meet Barry Adams. Barry’s practice mainly focuses on probate and trust law and over the course of the podcast, Rick and Barry talk about some of Barry’s more tricky cases and his thoughts on that area of law in general. They also discuss the impact of the fires in California and how it is…
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David Shapiro - Tricky Puzzles and Messy Cases
Meet David Shapiro. Rick and Dave discuss David’s trust and estate practice, tricky puzzles he’s encountered in the course of his business, and some of the more messy property cases he’s worked on. What does your practice look like? David’s practice is almost exclusively trust and estate...
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Joseph McHugh - Disney, Estate Planning, and Probate
Listen into the interesting interview with Joseph McHugh. Rick and Joseph discuss the ins and outs of his law practice, some of the more tricky cases he’s dealt with, as well as how Joseph works with his clients. What kind of work do you like to do? Joe’s background of working at Disney gave him…
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The Gordian Knot with Jenny Alberts
In this episode of the The Gordian Knot, Rick is interviewing Jenny Alberts. They chat about her estate planning practice in the heart of the tech world. We learn about some of the more wild cases she has worked on as well as some of her techniques for working with new clients. What kind of…
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Marivel Zialcita - Trust, Estate, and Elder Law
Meet Marivel Zialcita and enjoy this discussion about her Claremont California based trust, estate, and elder law practice center, her extensive involvement in community service, and how she approaches new clients with property issues. Tell us a little bit about your practice and your clients....
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Bruce Norris - Predictions On California Real Estate
In this episode of the The Gordian Knot, Rick is interviewing Bruce Norris. Rick and Bruce talk about Bruce’s early years as a real estate speculator, the Norris Group’s role in funding fix and flip real estate investors and some of of his own experiences in the California real estate market.…
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Megan Waugh - Finding Money Once Written Off
Meet Megan Waugh. Rick and Megan talk about her work as a litigator at Schomer Law in California and how she approaches some of the more interesting cases that come across her desk. Tell us about your practice Megan has been working as a litigator for the last 5 years and deals with both...
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James (Jake) Walker - Transfer Tech Challenges
Meet James (Jake) Walker. Rick Harmon and James talk about his law practice, some title surprises, transfer tech challenges, and some interesting stories. Learn a creative approve to sorting out a five-way inheritance and the unexpected dangers of filing an insurance claim for fire damages. How…
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George Liddle - Four Decades of Property Possession Issues
George Liddle is a veteran with four decades of experience with a practice devoted strictly to property possession issues. They talk about some of the more challenging cases over the years as a top-level eviction expert for some of the biggest national lenders. What does your typical practice…
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Scott Schomer - Decades In Commercial Real Estate
Meet Scott Schomer. Rick and Scott talk about his very successful real estate practice and his experience over the last two and half decades working commercial real estate. What does your typical practice look like? Scott is a probate and trust specialist in addition to focusing on commercial…
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Paul Horn - Some Easy Ways to Avoid a Formal Probate
Paul Horn is one of the highest volume probate attorneys in Southern California. Paul and Rick Harmon talk about Paul's probate practice, how he chooses which cases to work on and which ones not to, some easy ways to avoid a formal probate, as well as some great stories. Paul focuses on…
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Bryan Hartnell - General Practice Was Neither Practical Nor Rewarding
Meet Byran Hartnell, his California Law practice and some of the more unique situations he has encountered over the years. Early on, Bryan realized that general practice was neither practical nor rewarding and has since focused on estate accounting and probate law, with a side specialty in mental...
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Liz Courtney - When Family and Probate Law Collide
Liz Courtney is one of Rick’s longtime friends and the person that originally introduced Rick to the legal community. They talk about her well-established family law practice in California and the challenges that come up when family and probate law collide. How many legal disciplines can be...
About this show
Intrigued by mysteries and driven by curiosity, Rick Harmon is on a mission for answers and host to an ever-expanding community of legal and local government professionals.The Gordian Knot Show chronicles his adventures as he meets with the experts smack in the middle of real estate problems, probate, title and missing owner puzzles and how they collaborate to untangle and solve them.Armed with only a business degree, decades of experience and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Rick interviews seasoned, California attorneys, government and top industry leaders in a light-hearted but informative way, discussing problem cases, solutions, and resources that benefit attorneys and the legal community, code enforcement and real estate professionals.*The Gordian Knot is from a mythical story of ancient times.
Hosted by
Rick Harmon