Among his other activities, the Trustee filed an adversary action against the Lender, seeking to set aside the Promissory Note and Security Agreement as to Tanglewood, on the basis that the transaction was a fraudulent transfer and therefore avoidable.

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Because you condition the transaction on a transfer of legal rights (title and delivery), there is no constructive receipt.

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When you use a transfer company to buy shares directly, the transaction may not happen for a couple weeks, and the purchase goes through at whatever the price happens to be at that time.

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