Originally posted by @Thomas S.

This is really a better question for your CPA, but typically an LLC or S-Corp will do the trick.2.

One that you can generate 100's of target pages that get indexed in all SE.

I can't believe your agent even presented this to you as an option - he should be reporting this other agent to the FBI' s mortgage-fraud task force and your states board of real estate.Run forest, run!

While you may not have to pay taxes currently, you will also have a reduced depreciable basis in the new property(s) so when you go to sell any of them they will have a built-in gain.

I work predominantly with investors and have financed thousands of investment loans #'s 5-10 with traditional FNMA loans.

Unless you elect for your LLC to be taxed as a S or C corporation, its a pass-through entity for tax purposes and owning a property in an LLC has no effect at all on taxes.

Bank's Small Business Lending is very aggressive (in this area, anyway) on loans in the 200k to 1mm range, offering low rates (in the 4's) for 5 year balloon notes (20-25 yr amort).

And from some research I have done, I see many people (companies) buying and renting out S8's in the same manner as I have planned...

. :) Justin S. - it sounds like you had this conversation after the fact with your assistant GM and he fully supported you.