I'd like to know, because it sounds like a fair point from a landlording perspective.

Look forward to your perspective.

I am glad to see another builder and developer on the site to get that perspective on things!

One option was investing the funds into the LLC with the caveat that my wife or I could not be a manager of the LLC and that a "3rd party" would have to manage the LLC so that form the IRS's perspective this is an arm's length transaction.

(Although certainly not from a timing perspective: You've paying tax on 6K now, in exchange for an extra 6K of depreciation dee-ducks later.)There are certain situations in which debt reduction is treated not as immediate taxable income, but rather as a reduction of the basis of depreciable property.

From an analytical perspective, that's a perfect way to put it...

(To be perfectly honest, I, too, had held that incorrect view until I thought about this a bit more.)I agree that renting is typically cheaper than owning from an initial cash-flow perspective.

The house was on of the prefab kind, and i know some here just look at it from a cash flow perspective, but I wouldntt want to own that house.

But from an asset-protection perspective, the potential judgment creditor will take your voting stock and your non-voting stock.

But in reality they are totally different animals.30+ day versions of Trans Funding may look the same on the surface but from a risk perspective, they are very different for a lender.