Skip to content
×
Try PRO Free Today!
BiggerPockets Pro offers you a comprehensive suite of tools and resources
Market and Deal Finder Tools
Deal Analysis Calculators
Property Management Software
Exclusive discounts to Home Depot, RentRedi, and more
$0
7 days free
$828/yr or $69/mo when billed monthly.
$390/yr or $32.5/mo when billed annually.
7 days free. Cancel anytime.
Already a Pro Member? Sign in here
Pick markets, find deals, analyze and manage properties. Try BiggerPockets PRO.
x
Results (3,730+)
Jarod Backens Another Asset Protection Post??
8 January 2024 | 11 replies
Even with a property manager, your corporate veils will be pierced, probably. 
Daniel Tanasa The Inssurance Company does't want the insured name to be my LLC?
8 January 2024 | 10 replies
I would tread lightly with the lender, as with this climate of higher lending rates, they just might bite on a "due on sale clause" to get a better return on their money.Alternately, you can transfer ownership back into your personal name, and then get a commercial umbrella policy.With this new FINCen reporting rule that just went into effect, I wonder aloud how corporate veils might now be more easily pierced, thus mitigating the advantage of the entity?
Eric Hipolito House Hacking Leasing Contracts
2 December 2023 | 3 replies
If this legal separation is not maintained, if and when an event of liability occurs the LLC "veil" may be legally "pierced" (e.g. disregarded) by a plaintiff in court and all of the protection will be lost.
Lola Brin LLC use of EIN vs SSn
27 December 2012 | 20 replies
Thanks so much Lola,For what it's worth, an employee at IRS told me that the IRS treatment of the LLC as a disregarded entity occurs at the federal level, so it doesn't affect the veil piercing/charging order protection issue which takes place at the state court level.
Joe Cusick LLC advice when owning properties in multiple states??
2 December 2023 | 26 replies
@Joe CusickI assume that since you already have a PA LLC you’ve done the due diligence on that state to ensure they hold a presumption that a business entity is a distinct legal entity and has a fairly consistent practice for determining when to pierce the corporate veil – and that this happens rarely.Depending on the size of your portfolio it may be worth having separate entities up to determined asset levels.
Adam Sieg Converting primary residence to rental
5 May 2022 | 5 replies
This is something I haven't fully settled myself, but from the research I have done so far going with an LLC for that Holding Company may have drawbacks in regards it its ability to be pierced (ie. vs. a properly structured LP).
Brigitte Garrett Accounting for managing LLC and property trust
18 October 2015 | 2 replies
In single member entities the vial of the entity will be pierced in court, especially if the formalities of maintaining the entity are not followed.  
Margie Pierce Market in Orlando and Agent referral
20 July 2020 | 11 replies
@Margie Pierce no clue what's happening in orlando, but i'll hook you up with a good agent in minneapolis. i'll shoot you a pm
Milin Parekh California: How to convert rentals from Personal name to LLC
22 July 2020 | 3 replies
With some advice on BP, there appears to be a way to do it, but I think it leaves the LLC as an "alter ego" thus piercing your corporate veil. 
Bill Johnson Revocable Trust for LLC
16 April 2021 | 3 replies
@Kelly Pierce, the Delaware Statutory Trust is a completely different beast than what the OP was discussing.