With these forms of ownership, your beneficiaries would simply need to provide a death certificate and a valid form of ID to take ownership of the property.

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As with stocks and other forms of equity ownership, movie investors are generally the last ones to get paid after lenders, distributors, actors, the crew, even the caterer.

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Though they have many advantages over other forms of property ownership, their future growth will depend, among other things, on whether the stockmarket remains strong, so that they can raise more capital, and whether they retain their substantial tax privileges.

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