Email, E-Cards, Social Media, and pre-printed cards are easily discounted or ignored but a hand written note never is.

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In a typical Yorkville investment, Angelo would make a loan to a smallish company in return for a note that carried a fixed interest rate that could also be converted into discounted stock.

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This is not to advocate such trusts for asset protection, but rather to note that like so many things they have their uses, and should not be automatically discounted.

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