Equity Structure for Partneship

Equity Structure for Partneship

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I live in California and am forming a partnership with a local real estate agent in another market. I am really happy with how we are working together. I need advice on how to structure the ownership of the business. We will be buying houses and placing them within an LLC. I will be providing a majority of the funding for the LLC, and they will be contributing as well. Here is an example:


House #1: Acquired with $50K in capital 

Partner A: $40K

Partner B: $10K


1 yr later....


House #2: Acquired with $70K in capital

Partner A: $35K

Partner B: $35K


How do I create the ownership structure of the business? 

THANK YOU

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  • Ashish AcharyaBusiness Member
    CPA, CFP®, PFS · FL · Member since 2017 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Sean Walcott:

    I live in California and am forming a partnership with a local real estate agent in another market. I am really happy with how we are working together. I need advice on how to structure the ownership of the business. We will be buying houses and placing them within an LLC. I will be providing a majority of the funding for the LLC, and they will be contributing as well. Here is an example:


    House #1: Acquired with $50K in capital 

    Partner A: $40K

    Partner B: $10K


    1 yr later....


    House #2: Acquired with $70K in capital

    Partner A: $35K

    Partner B: $35K


    How do I create the ownership structure of the business? 

    THANK YOU

    Sean, if this is a 50/50 partnership, then you would want to have a distribution schedule that says you want to first equalize the extra capital that you contributed.   You need to be made whole before you guys take 50% of cash flow each. You have to work with an attorney to draft this. Please also run this by your CPA as well. 

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