New to the program looking for multi family opportunities

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Attorney · UT · Member since 2025 · 33 posts · 59 votes
1y

Welcome to Bigger Pockets and to Real Estate Investing! 

For investors just starting out, I always recommend that you consider the risk you are taking on and how to manage and mitigate it with an asset protection plan. Real estate investing is an inherently risky area to navigate in terms of liability, and you want to make sure that risk is mitigated wherever possible. If you want to grow and keep what you build in your portfolio, these considerations are essential.

With a small portfolio when you can handle less risk of loss, separating each property owned into an LLC to limit your personal liability and isolate one property from another is a good way to go. That way if a lawsuit due to some kind of accident on a property happens, any judgement is limited just to that LLC and that property rather than putting your personal assets and other properties at risk. As your portfolio and your risk tolerance grow, grouping properties in LLCs becomes more reasonable.

If you have an LLC structure set up ahead of time and you are making cash purchases, you have the added benefit of being able to close in an LLC and potentially have some anonymity of ownership. Certain states like Wyoming do not publish member info when an LLC is formed, so there is no public link to you as the owner. This can help dissuade lawsuits from starting.

Best of luck to you!

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  • Attorney · UT · Member since 2025 · 33 posts · 59 votes
    1y

    Welcome to Bigger Pockets and to Real Estate Investing! 

    For investors just starting out, I always recommend that you consider the risk you are taking on and how to manage and mitigate it with an asset protection plan. Real estate investing is an inherently risky area to navigate in terms of liability, and you want to make sure that risk is mitigated wherever possible. If you want to grow and keep what you build in your portfolio, these considerations are essential.

    With a small portfolio when you can handle less risk of loss, separating each property owned into an LLC to limit your personal liability and isolate one property from another is a good way to go. That way if a lawsuit due to some kind of accident on a property happens, any judgement is limited just to that LLC and that property rather than putting your personal assets and other properties at risk. As your portfolio and your risk tolerance grow, grouping properties in LLCs becomes more reasonable.

    If you have an LLC structure set up ahead of time and you are making cash purchases, you have the added benefit of being able to close in an LLC and potentially have some anonymity of ownership. Certain states like Wyoming do not publish member info when an LLC is formed, so there is no public link to you as the owner. This can help dissuade lawsuits from starting.

    Best of luck to you!

    • Member since 2024 · 2 posts · 3 votes
      1y
      Quote from @Amanda Breck:

      Welcome to Bigger Pockets and to Real Estate Investing! 

      For investors just starting out, I always recommend that you consider the risk you are taking on and how to manage and mitigate it with an asset protection plan. Real estate investing is an inherently risky area to navigate in terms of liability, and you want to make sure that risk is mitigated wherever possible. If you want to grow and keep what you build in your portfolio, these considerations are essential.

      With a small portfolio when you can handle less risk of loss, separating each property owned into an LLC to limit your personal liability and isolate one property from another is a good way to go. That way if a lawsuit due to some kind of accident on a property happens, any judgement is limited just to that LLC and that property rather than putting your personal assets and other properties at risk. As your portfolio and your risk tolerance grow, grouping properties in LLCs becomes more reasonable.

      If you have an LLC structure set up ahead of time and you are making cash purchases, you have the added benefit of being able to close in an LLC and potentially have some anonymity of ownership. Certain states like Wyoming do not publish member info when an LLC is formed, so there is no public link to you as the owner. This can help dissuade lawsuits from starting.

      Best of luck to you!

      I have 4 llc s set up will be putting one property per llc which rolls to a holding llc and I have a separate property mgmt llc that will collect rents and carry no assets.

      done plenty of research 
  • Investor · Indianapolis · Member since 2024 · 80 posts · 44 votes
    1y
    Quote from @Mark Lewis:

    I have a good amount of capital looking for cash purchases for multi family properties to start my real estate investing.


    Hello Mark, Have you ever owed or been apart of a multifamily deal? It would be in your best interest to JV with someone or I know that the Brokers/Agents are going to say hire a professional to help. I think you can do it yourself but you need to dive into the information and have a good understanding of the different aspects of Multifamily. There's plenty of free and paid sources out there. Good Luck!

  • Real Estate Agent · Member since 2023 · 831 posts · 577 votes
    1y

    Hey Mark sounds like you’re in a great position to hit the ground running. Excited to see how your investing journey unfolds. Lots of opportunity out there in the multifamily space.

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