Sinlge Family Rental Purchased By a Defined Benefits Plan

Sinlge Family Rental Purchased By a Defined Benefits Plan

Realtor · Albuquerque, NM · Member since 2014 · 109 posts · 79 votes

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $225,000
Cash invested: $225,000

This is a long term buy and hold investment. This is a single family home and is used as a long term rental property.

I own a real estate brokerage and it is set up as an S corporation. One benefit of an S corporation is the ability to create a Defined Benefits Plan (Retirement Plan). The plan was created by a company that specializes in retirement plans.

Creating the plan was a bit costly and there are annual costs to prepare documentation for the Federal Government. 

What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

There was cash in the S corporations accounts. My accountant discussed creating a defined benefits program through the S corp. It made sense from a financial perspective.

How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

A sales rep with the builder called me and said they need to sell this house fast.

How did you finance this deal?

This was a cash deal paid from the defined benefits plan.

How did you add value to the deal?

This was a new home and the Plan hired a landscaper to landscape the backyard. It was a new home and needed no repairs.

What was the outcome?

The home is still held the Plan.

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  • Rental Property Investor · Columbus, OH · Member since 2017 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
    4y
    Quote from @John Myers:

    Investment Info:

    Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

    Purchase price: $225,000
    Cash invested: $225,000

    This is a long term buy and hold investment. This is a single family home and is used as a long term rental property.

    I own a real estate brokerage and it is set up as an S corporation. One benefit of an S corporation is the ability to create a Defined Benefits Plan (Retirement Plan). The plan was created by a company that specializes in retirement plans.

    Creating the plan was a bit costly and there are annual costs to prepare documentation for the Federal Government. 

    What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

    There was cash in the S corporations accounts. My accountant discussed creating a defined benefits program through the S corp. It made sense from a financial perspective.

    How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

    A sales rep with the builder called me and said they need to sell this house fast.

    How did you finance this deal?

    This was a cash deal paid from the defined benefits plan.

    How did you add value to the deal?

    This was a new home and the Plan hired a landscaper to landscape the backyard. It was a new home and needed no repairs.

    What was the outcome?

    The home is still held the Plan.


     Very interesting. I would love to hear more and hear how all the numbers make more sense doing it that way. 

  • Realtor · Albuquerque, NM · Member since 2014 · 109 posts · 79 votes
    4y

    @Steven Foster Wilson

    The numbers are great becasue the home was purchased for cash.  The annual fees for the plan are less than $3000 per year.  This investment makes sense because of the amount of cash is the S corp.  I did not feel there were many good options for the S coporation to invest.  Holding real estate in an S corp is not usually a good idea.  But the defined benefits plan works fine.   Very unique and probably not for most people.

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