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Ben Foullon How do I form a holding company?
25 October 2024 | 4 replies
Consider if it will truly benefit your tax position, liability protection, or asset management, or if it will just add unnecessary paperwork.If you’re in a state like California, keep in mind that you’ll have to pay $800 annually to the Franchise Tax Board, file a periodic Statement of Information (SOI), and submit a Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) report.It’s a good idea to consult a real estate attorney to ensure you’re making the best decision for your specific needs.
Adriana Collado Hudak LLCs for each investment property?
24 October 2024 | 19 replies
Just don't buy into the lie that it's necessary, that it's a 100% guarantee of protection, or that it needs to be complicated.Here's some generic advice.An LLC is useful for two things: anonymity and legal protection.
Max Bellino Anderson Business Advisers Asset Protection
15 October 2024 | 26 replies
I gathered all my notes in a 50+ pages document touching on the formation and maintenance of LLC and business structures, transferring assets, protection strategies, trusts, anonymity, insurance, levels of protection, etc. including when you should do it, how many properties per LLC, due on sale clause, selecting an attorney, fees, checklists and resource materials.Doc: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/tritoriam-fileAsset Protection Decision Diagram - to help assess the need for asset protection, and what to implement : https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-decision-diagramAsset Protection Onion Diagram - what, when and at what cost one should implement in terms of asset protection - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-onion-diagram-v2What is needed for complete asset protection OR the domains that need to be intersected to find asset protection - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-spectrum-diagram (this is more of a joke depicting the nebulosity of asspro rabbit holes).How a fully implemented asset protection layout might look. - https://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/CosIorg/file/asset-protection-structures (overwhelming and overkill for a newbie in REI)PS.
Binita Mehta Company to manage own properties?
8 October 2024 | 6 replies
Most who propose this arrangement do so believing they are adding a layer of protection or separation between the property or themselves and the operation but that's total nonsense as well.
Maria T. Preferred Equity Experience
26 September 2024 | 11 replies
There is no other protection or time bound restriction.
Jack Ni Doing a "subject To" with land trust could put me in Jail?
13 June 2018 | 6 replies
I know a couple guys in my home town that served 5+ years in a federal prison for this.If you're moving ownership into a land trust that you also control and have no intention of defaulting or selling and avoiding the payoff, it could for sure be argued as positive fraud, but the intent would more likely be for something like asset protection or some kind of investment arbitrage - which could still be fraud.  
Mike Young New to wholesale, a LLC question.
26 February 2018 | 2 replies
Should I get  an LLC before I even start wholesaling (for protection)?
Jo Zhou Urgent, Help, Potential Tenant with Pitball
27 April 2018 | 134 replies
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Maria Luna Month to month or sign a rental agreement
28 March 2018 | 15 replies
The month to month doesn't really give you, the owner much protection or any.
Account Closed Cost Segregation Study
15 March 2020 | 49 replies
Non-forensic firms may have lower fees, but they cannot provide significant audit protection or the maximum allowable tax benefits of a forensic tax engineering firm.