Quote from @Daniel Frantzen:
I am seeking general guidance to ensure I set up the correct legal entities and comply with the laws.
I am very excited to be working on my first REI deal in Virginia. My close friend / business partner and I have teamed up to purchase a home. He will live in the home for at least a few years. After a few years we do intend to transfer the home into our LLC. For now, we are looking to have the LLC manage the property while the title and loan will be co-signed by each of us. He is a real estate agent, I am not.
Are we allowed to manage the property through an LLC even though it is split in out personal names?
Thanks in advance for all advice!
If you do a Non QM loan (DSCR, Bank Statement, etc) and it is for an investment property, you can just close it in an LLC. The lender will use one of your credit profiles (I would suggest whoever has higher credit score if going DSCR) and once you close in the LLC, the mortgage liability would not show up on the person's credit report who was used as a "grantor" to close in the LLC. Now if you wanted to go the conventional route, you cannot close in an LLC. What you would have to do is close the loan in either of your names (whoever qualifies) and then transfer the title into the LLC from your personal name once you close.