Most people focus on making money, investing money, and reducing taxes. But very few stop to ask a more dangerous question:

Can someone take this from me?

In this episode of The Practical Wealth Show, Curtis May sits down with Mark Pierce, a trust and LLC attorney with more than 42 years of experience in asset protection, complex tax planning, and estate preservation strategies.

Mark is the founding attorney of Wyoming Trust Attorney and works with families, business owners, professionals, and high-net-worth individuals to help structure wealth so it is better protected from creditors, lawsuits, divorce, and other threats.

What makes Mark's perspective unique is that he has seen asset protection from both sides. Earlier in his career, he served as a bankruptcy trustee, where his job was to attack weak structures and recover assets for creditors. Today, he uses that experience to help clients build protection designed to hold up under pressure.

In this conversation, Curtis and Mark discuss:

• Why making money is only half the job

• The difference between a revocable living trust and an asset protection trust

• Why LLCs alone may not be enough

• How insurance, trusts, and legal structures work together

• Why timing matters in asset protection

• What "too late" really means when a lawsuit or creditor issue appears

• Why business owners, doctors, dentists, and real estate investors need to think differently about risk

• How family wealth can be exposed through divorce, poor planning, or lack of structure

• Why Wyoming is often used for domestic asset protection planning

• Why your wealth protection team should include more than one advisor

This episode is not legal advice. It is a practical conversation designed to help business owners and families ask better questions before life, lawsuits, creditors, divorce, or business risk put their wealth under pressure.

Guest:
Mark Pierce
Wyoming Trust Attorney
Website: WyomingTrustAttorney.com
Complimentary consultation link: https://wyomingtrustattorney.com/

Host:
Curtis May
Practical Wealth Solutions
Website: PracticalWealth.net

Most people believe wealth comes from earning more money.

Brock Fortner believes wealth comes from something entirely different: free cash flow.

In this episode of The Practical Wealth Show, Curtis May and Brock Fortner dive deep into the hidden reason many six-figure earners still feel financially stressed despite making great incomes.

You'll discover:

• Why income alone does not create wealth

• The difference between being wealthy and simply having a high income

• Why most budgets fail

• How lifestyle creep quietly destroys financial progress

• The importance of separating income from spending

• How real estate investors think differently about cash flow

• Why cash flow is the fuel behind Infinite Banking and long-term wealth creation

• The framework Brock uses to help families gain control of their money and build financial freedom

If you've ever asked yourself, "Where did my money go?" this episode is for you.

Resources Mentioned:

Financial Readiness Assessment:
ASSESSMENT LINK

Schedule a Cash Flow Strategy Call:
CURRENCE LINK

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Most people don't have an income problem — they have a money flow problem.

In this episode of The Practical Wealth Show, Curtis May breaks down the Money 4 Life Operating System: a simple framework for creating more control, liquidity, cash flow, and freedom.

The framework is:

Earn it → Bank it → Borrow it → Spend it → Repay it → Own it → Repeat

This is not just another budgeting conversation. Curtis explains why money disappears through bills, taxes, debt, lifestyle, and poor financial structure — and why the real question families and business owners should be asking is:

Where did my money go?

Curtis also explains how the Money 4 Life Operating System connects to cash flow control, private reserves, becoming your own banker, wealth transfers, and building true financial independence through ownership and systems.

At Practical Wealth, we help families and business owners find money they are losing unknowingly and unnecessarily, then redirect that money toward cash flow, protection, liquidity, private reserves, and legacy.

Visit: PracticalWealth.net
Take the Financial Freedom Assessment or schedule a strategy session.

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Are Trump Accounts a good idea — or just another financial product being sold as a plan?

In this episode, Curtis May breaks down Trump Accounts from a Practical Wealth and principle-based planning perspective. These accounts may help children begin saving and investing, and eligible children may receive a one-time $1,000 government contribution. But Curtis explains why one account does not replace cash flow control, liquidity, protection, and a real family financial system.

The real question is not, "Should I open a Trump Account?"

The better question is:

Do I have a financial system that gives my family control?

At Practical Wealth, we help families and business owners find money they are losing unknowingly and unnecessarily, then redirect that money toward cash flow, protection, liquidity, private reserve building, and legacy.

Visit: PracticalWealth.net
Book a Financial Freedom Session or strategy call to start building a financial system that gives you more control.

00:00 — Introduction: Why Curtis is talking about Trump Accounts
00:35 — Initial reaction: The government does not create wealth
01:10 — Trump Accounts: Good idea, but not a complete financial plan
01:45 — What Trump Accounts are and who may qualify
02:45 — Why an account is not the same as a strategy
03:35 — Statement wealth vs. real financial control
04:30 — The missing conversation: cash flow
05:20 — Where Trump Accounts may fit in a family plan
06:10 — Questions families should ask first
07:00 — Positive monthly cash flow and emergency liquidity
07:50 — Proper life insurance protection
08:30 — Wealth transfers: Where your money is leaking
09:45 — Mortgage, taxes, retirement plans, insurance, college, and major purchases
11:00 — Why you finance everything you buy
12:00 — Find the money you are losing unknowingly and unnecessarily
12:45 — Building a private reserve and becoming your own banker
13:45 — The goal is not more accounts — it is more control
14:30 — Final takeaway: Trump Accounts can help, but they do not replace a financial system
15:15 — Practical Wealth call to action

Most people don't have an income problem.
They have a cashflow control problem.

In this episode, Curtis May breaks down why money disappears so quickly — even for high-income earners and business owners — and why budgeting alone usually fails.

You'll learn:

• Why most people unknowingly operate from one financial bucket

• The hidden danger of unmanaged cashflow

• Why wealthy people use systems instead of budgets

• How "wealth transfers" quietly drain your income

• Why liquidity matters more than most people realize

• The difference between tracking money and controlling money

• How cashflow mapping creates financial clarity and control

Curtis also introduces the concept of:

This episode is especially important for:

• Business owners

• Families living paycheck-to-paycheck despite good income

• Professionals with debt and no liquidity

• Anyone frustrated by financial stress and disorganization

If you want to stop reacting to money and start controlling it, this episode is for you.

• Money Organization Plan

• Cashflow Mapping

• Money4Life Blueprint

• Debt-Free for Life concepts

• Reservoir Account strategy

Practical Wealth

In this episode of The Practical Wealth Show, Curtis breaks down why most debt payoff plans fail—and why throwing extra money at debt without fixing your cash flow structure keeps people stuck in the same cycle.

Most people don't have a debt problem. They have a cash flow control problem.

That's the real issue.

Using lessons from The Richest Man in Babylon and the Babylon Debt Paydown Method, Curtis explains why traditional debt strategies fall apart, why budgeting alone doesn't work, and what actually creates lasting financial freedom.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why debt is a symptom, not the root problem
• Why most debt payoff plans fail even when they "work"
• The real reason people pay off debt and fall right back into it
• How the Babylon 10/70/20 method restores order to your money
• Why cash flow control matters more than debt reduction
• How to build liquidity while paying off debt
• Why financial freedom starts with structure, not sacrifice

If you've ever said:

• "I make good money, but I don't know where it goes"
• "I paid off debt before and somehow ended up right back in it"
• "I need a better system, not another budget"

…this episode is for you.

Debt payoff is not the goal. Restoring financial order is.

Get the Babylon Debt Paydown Worksheet and start building real financial control:

#DebtPayoff #CashFlowControl #MoneyManagement #ThePracticalWealthShow #InfiniteBanking #FinancialFreedom #DebtFreeJourney #PersonalFinance #MoneyMindset #PracticalWealth

This episode is not for everyone.

If you're a business owner earning $500K+ and your CPA isn't proactively helping you reduce your tax burden… you're likely leaving serious money on the table.

In this conversation with Ed Lyon, we break down:

• Why most tax strategies never get implemented
• The difference between compliance and real planning
• Where high-income business owners lose the most money
• How to start thinking differently about tax efficiency and control

Here's the truth:

Most advisors operate in silos.
And that lack of coordination is expensive.

If you want better outcomes, you need a better system.

👉 If you think this applies to you, schedule a private strategy session: https://practicalwealth.net/FreedomSession