Basically this is the entity that would wholly own all of your other businesses for the purpose to control all of the businesses from one. 

From what I understand, the purpose of the Wyoming holding company LLC is for privacy, asset consolidation into 1 yearly tax return and the laws of Wyoming will override the individual state LLC's.

It could effect the seller, but even then there are a number of exemptions that may come into play (i.e. the sale of property is for less than $100,000; the sale of property at a net loss for income tax purposes; the property qualifies as the seller's principal residence; etc).Here's some more reading on the subject if you're interested, but it shouldn't be a big deal:Withholding on California Real EstateCalifornia Withholding Tax on the Sale of Real Property

Although I always wanted to invest in real estate, I found property management did not provide me with a deeper purpose for which I was looking.Even though I love what I do, I want to build up passive income through buy-and-hold real estate to provide my family with additional options and decrease the overtime I work.

“Well you need to make money” and “ I know your not low balling on purpose”.

I am interested in transferring my 401(k) from my previous company into a Self-Directed 401(k) - NOT a Self-Directed IRA - for the purpose of investing in cash flowing rental properties.

Its purpose is to collect tax at the source, as the wages are earned, instead of collecting the tax a year after the wages were earned.I was told by a lawyer as of now: Maryland (up to now) has looked askance at series LLCs.Thanks for your comments.

There are some companies like CSC you can hire, but I was quoted $2k/year/trust which was far too expensive for my purposes.

@Alec McGinn for you purposes, I would highly suggest an inspection.

The monetization loan is a commercial loan, so as long as the proceeds are used for business purpose, this should be an expense that offsets the income.