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All Forum Posts by: Phyo Ko

Phyo Ko has started 9 posts and replied 50 times.

Post: Investment opportunity in Jacksonville Florida.

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$165K ask, ARV $250k 3BR 2 BA 1,428 Sq. Ft in 32205 zip code. needing light renovation to reach full potential. Opportunity for quick flip. Call/text 619-348-5141 ASAP for access and details.

Post: Breaking ground on a 27-acre commercial center - South Florida

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I just broke ground on a 27-acre commercial center. While wrapping up a 13-acre park build in South Florida.  

Would love to network and connect with other land developers and builders in Florida. Tell me about your projects!


 congrats on the commercial center and the park build in south fl. I love to chat and hear your story and how you got started. I am interested in getting into land development and I also have a friend here in jacksonville fl that trying to navigate her way into developing rv parks. Do you have an advice on what to look out like road block on zoning or permits durning the process? Also any referral for brokers? 

Post: Question about Buying land

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Hello bp community 

I want to reach out and see if anyone can help connect me with some good brokers that specialize in buying/selling and developing land out here in jacksonville fl. I have questions in regarding on how to navigate local law and zoning when it comes to trying build rv and parking lots. what do I have to look for and watch out for when shopping around. Will permits or zoning be a major issue and etc. Any advice or referral to people I need to get in contact will be a great help thanks in advance. 

Post: Seeking advice feel like I am being over sold by CPA/ tax advisors

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Quote from @Chris Seveney
1. You do not need a wyoming LLC. It’s for anonymity but honestly anyone can be found today. It’s not hard at all to find who owns a LLC.
2. You can setup a LLC and I typically open them in my home state. Some states may have preferential treatment if you own/live property in one over the other. That your CPA can advise.
3. Living Trust is to skip probate when you die. Good idea to have one. If you do, then they will own the LLC but you will be the manager of the LLC
Setting up holding companies at this stage is overkill.If you grow and start managing assets or doing other things maybe an S corp to pay yourself or a holding company, but the more LLCs you have the more you will pay your accountant in taxes and for what?
This is just my opinion, as I had at one time holding compny and sub-LLC's and with a portfolio over $3M but found it was pointless and have since simplified things. 


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Thanks for the advice I will skip the whole Wyoming and holding llc pitch. There’s no real anonymity now a days I will skip the extra charges from my cpa. I will revisit the holding company or s corp later too

Post: Seeking advice feel like I am being over sold by CPA/ tax advisors

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Quote from @Charles Tarantino:

Hi Phyo,

Where in Florida are you relocating? I’m in South Florida and love it here.

With regards to your questions, the structures that have been proposed sound like overkill and would create unnecessary complexity. It may make sense to implement some of these planning opportunities further down the road. The various LLC and trust structures are typically done from an asset protection and estate planning perspective, but I would agree with you and say that this is unnecessary at this point.

I will be relocating to Jacksonville FL come January let’s connect. But yeah from what everyone saying all the llc and trust is not needed  and I will just keep it simple. 

Post: Seeking advice feel like I am being over sold by CPA/ tax advisors

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Quote from @Phyo Ko:

The CPA I have talked to have recommended different approaches on how I should set everything up. 

From what you describe, you talked not to CPAs but to certain national companies that employ both attorneys and CPAs and market their complex business setups and coaching programs. In my opinion, CPAs should never suggest,

Yes the companies I have talked to are national companies. I should go seek more local CPA maybe I will have better luck with that. Thanks for the advice. 

Post: Seeking advice feel like I am being over sold by CPA/ tax advisors

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Thanks for the advice I should just go for 1 LLC with the insurance for my CA properties. 

Post: Seeking advice feel like I am being over sold by CPA/ tax advisors

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Hello everyone, 

I am in the market for a new CPA to help me with setting up business structure and prepare for my tax return next year. I have talk to a couple of different companies but all of them left me feeling over sold and not in good hands. I am hoping to get a unbiased opinion to see if I am just being overly cautious.  

I am currently in military stationed in CA and will be moving to FL end of the year. I have a duplex that's rented out right now and a SFH that I plan to start renting out Jan24. I plan to get my real estate license in FL while I get into fixing and flipping in fl. I want to set a good structure in place for my properties in CA and what I plan to do in FL. Also I want to set up LLC for my wife who has a side business that picking up a lot of traction.

The CPA I have talked to have recommended different approaches on how I should set everything up. One has me putting the CA properties into a LLC with a WY holding LLC owned by a Living Trust then a separate LLC holding company for me and my wife business. Another one has me placing my CA properties into statutory trust-LLC-Land-Wy holding LLC- Living trust and me and my wife separate LLC with a LLC holding company taxes a C corp. I am lost with all the different holding company and trust do I really need all of this complexity? Do I really need a Wyoming LLC, statutory trust and etc? Can I just by with a LLC for my two rental and two llc for myself and my wife? I am still taking my first step I feel like this is over kill. Thank in advance for any advice.

Post: New to R/I. Looking for advice on whether to sell or rent my condo.

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everyone giving some good information for you to think over. Are you willing to hold the property for long term? -30/month lose is cheap that is one less night out eating.30K if you sell is a nice profit but it’s not a lot of money. You will be leaving a lot of potential gain and cash flow on the table by not holding out. Like you said this will be a good way to get your feet wet in the investment game. The lose is cash flow will be temporary but the value you gain from the experiences will be priceless. Don’t forget to use your military resources there a lot out there. 

Post: Freshly minted agent

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@Phyo Ko

This is going to entirely depend on your goals and what you want to do with your licence. 

For me personally, I jsut needed a license to do transactions and list my own properties. I didn't need a name brand, or anything of that sort. I picked a broker with a very low flat fee. 

If you're looking for training, mentorship you might be better off with a larger brokerage such as Keller - Williams, etc. 

It's all going to come down to what you plan on doing. 


 Thanks for the advice I am going over what I really want to do with my license right now. I do want the mentorship and training but the more I look at it that doesn’t have to come from the brokerage itself. I am still in the navy so I will be working part time and I looking learn to prospect and working with investors