I'm newly interested in real estate as an investment. Up to now I've put my money into the stock market and I'm looking into diversifying into real estate as well.
My current goal (assuming I decide to move forward) ...

If you take title to the property as an LLC with you as the only member (and that elects to be taxed as a sole proprietor) then the property will still be reported on your joint tax return and that would be fine.When you sell you can sell as that LLC and buy as the same LLC or another disregarded LLC, or as you, or as you and your wife, or as just your wife.

But for a sole member or husband and wife owned entity, too easy to do to waste money paying someone else to do it. 

Hello everyone! This my first/introductory post. I'm located near Great Falls in central Montana.I have been self-employed for about 4 years and love what I do, so my goal is to build total wealth long-term, not to ma...

I don’t know how many BP members own properties but I would assume thousands of members own 10’s of thousands of units.Yes I understand people buying 50-100-500 unit buildings need corporate protection.

We are hoping to avoid doing any sort of partnership and maintain a single member LLC, but searching online hasn't been fruitful.

That fee was $2,000 yet for members of the group it was $1.

My current focus - what is the process once a family member/individual has passed and lets just say in a perfect world probate has been filed and the respective family is now thinking about selling the property.

I would look into whether you really need a multi-member LLC at this point. 

There is a great group of members on here to connect with.