Topics to discuss with an attorney

[Reggie Rearden]

My wife and I are meeting with our attorney tomorrow afternoon to discuss investment properties. We own the following:

(1) LLC that controls all rental income-we have 7 (wife and I are partners with each other-2017)

(1) LLC s-corp in her name (Tax and bookkeeping office-2014)

(1) LLC s-corp in her name (She's also a cosmologist-2005)

(1) LLC s-corp in my name (I own the salon she works for-2017)

I also work a regular w2 job.

Hope your not confused yet! We're meeting with the attorney because were purchasing other investment properties. We want to discuss the legalities of having separate LLCs for each property. Also, we're looking at the long term approach, so we'll be discussing a Will. We have 4 kids so having everything lined up is our priority to alleviate any future headaches. I'm composing a list of topics that we should discuss so we can utilize our time efficiently during our meeting. What all topics / questions should be discussed?

So far I have come up with:

-Creating a Series LLC (if South Carolina allows)

-if not, whats the best legal protection route since we have so many moving parts

-Costs associated with setting up entities

-What options do we have other than an LLC, maybe Trusts, additional insurance?

-Will / living Will. 

We are still very new investors and want to make sure are covered on all aspects. Another reason for going to the attorney is because we are getting about a $200K business LOC that we are in the closing stages on and will be investing it….ONLY when the numbers fit. We are VERY conservative with our numbers. We appreciate any and all feedback. Thanks