@Mitch MesserA foreign investor is only insulated from subsequent dances with exchange rates if s/he establishes an incorporated entity in the U.S.A. to hold their investments - they will have to pay U.S.A. taxes at the corporate rate, but can chose if and when they repatriate any retained earnings.  

Solo K give you ability to contribute significantly higher amount (up to $59K/yr per participant), eliminates the custodian and give you checkbook control, gives you the ability to access up to $50K in your account tax-free and penalties-free via participant loan feature should you have a need, not subject to UDFI tax on leveraged real estate, ability to contribute pre-tax or post-tax into Roth sub-account, and more.The decision to incorporate should be discussed with a qualified tax professional.

I have been incorporated for 4 years.

Also, thank you so much for the "Creative" elements you described (incorporating fees, financing them, etc).

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we need your help to choose the business entity that is appropriate to our goals in REI. my partner and i are focusing on multifamily home rentals with sec8. we are trying to build passive income and maybe do flips on the side in illinois where we reside. do you think we should incorporate our business name with LLC or S-corp?

Since my primary driver is owning buy and hold properties and making my money on rentals, the buy/sell model I use periodically fits perfect as I'm already managing 20 rental units that rent for between $1300-$2400/month so 2 or 4 more is hardly any added work while I wait the 12 months to get to capital gains or I incorporate it into my rental group and sell off one I've had for over a year. 

As such, it is good to ascertain tangible goals and time frames, investment objectives, and so on for the partnership BEFORE it's formation and incorporation.3) If you form a partnership - CRITICAL - insure that you have a dissolution agreement in place BEFORE you incorporate, as part of the incorporation documents. 

After i'm done, I'm able to do rate and term refi's which local banks are much more open to doing as compared to cash out refi's.And I've actually brought a couple of other investor friends to my lender and my previous lender.The key is that the terms have to make sense for an investor to incorporate into their model.

I only read about the decrease in corporate unemployment tax and the new toll tax.