I have worked a number of corporate jobs in the past and I've observed everything from a space being sold/leased as is to a space being gutted and stripped down to the bones to sell/lease.

The DST is viewed as an estate planning tool, and therefore exempt from the broad reach of the corporate tax laws set forth by California’s FTB.

Then it is fairly easy to pierce the corporate veil when it comes to lawsuits.

However, it only protects you from one type of liability: accidents.After that you want to compartmentalize your assets, which is often accomplished through the use of LLCs or corporations.

Currently I am a quality control engineer for a local corporation and I have a degree in mechanical and manufacturing engineering from Miami University.

I am not familiar with a requirement to have a corporate entity for commercial loans, but if you do a list of why you should not use a LLC to buy rental property they pretty much all go away when you buy commercial property. 

@Adrienne Medina,I switched from a W2 position to a 1099 self-employed position (staying within the same corporate conglomerate) because it was a really good pay bump.

However, it only protects you from one type of liability: accidents.After that you want to compartmentalize your assets, which is often accomplished through the use of LLCs or corporations.

The IRS has ruled that a single-member LLC can be an S corporation shareholder (Ltr.

The property owner was a development corporation; the investor was a hedge fund.