If I did this, I could then transfer the land to my LLC or allow the LLC to lease the land from me for the storage facility2.

If you don’t pay the tax when you transfer the stock to them they’re going to owe the taxes on your gain and you haven’t really “paid them back”. 

Now, not to mention the interest rate on margin is always a lot more than a mortgage rate.

We were being transferred to that area and went up to look at a couple different homes in the area and that one came up that day, and we made a full asking offer immediately.

I’ve heard pay a slightly higher rate and take the loan out under your LLC.

The only slight red flag was that they only accepted payment via Venmo or wire transfer, but that's how I accepted payment when I was selling lead bundles, so I still thought it was worth a shot.

Great cap rates and cash flow!

And YES, far FAR too often I am seeing people stack up UN-realized expenses at a compounding rate, to give selves a false sense of "profit" on whatever monthly/quarterly capital there moving around. 

However, rates have since moved upward.A 30-year fixed rate mortgage is once again sitting around 7% interest:For broader context, here’s a chart for 30-year fixed mortgage rates over the past 5 years:The real estate industry hoped 2024 would see a recovery in which mortgage rates fell and home sales climbed.

Most people will get the loan in their name first, and then transfer it into the LLC after.