Buying rental properties far away from the bay area

Jun 5, 2017 7 Comments

My fiance and I have been working for the past 3 years. Although we don't have much asset, we have high income and we are looking around for house buying.

We do not own any house, but I am thinking that Bay Area housing price is just ridiculous. Rent to price ratio is just really bad, and we can't afford 2+ bedroom house (not condo) in good-commute areas. I would rather put money into downtown indianapolis or austin or denver. In this case, I guess we can't claim we are buying primary residence since it is out of state? if we form a LLC to divide the equity, how would that affect? What are the gotchas we should check? What is the best way to pay as little taxes and interests as possible?

facts
- we are not married and don't plan to marry (legally). I don't believe in that scheme to extort more taxes. We will remain as domestic partners.
- currently make 500k cash + pinterest equity a yr
- assets are about ~300k including our 401k and stock portfolio but don't plan to use it all. Maybe use up to 150k for house. Parents help possible, though not desirable.
- rent is ~4k a month in the bay area, good-commute, 2bd.

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  • Groupon
    BruceLeroy

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    BruceLeroy
    Disclaimer: I am not a legal or tax professional

    If your properties are NOT in a Series LLC state, you may want to set up a Multi-Member ‘Parent’ or ‘Holding LLC’ that owns your other Single Member LLCs in the same state or other states.  This allows for a consolidated tax return (saving on tax prep fees), but gives you the inside AND outside protection with multiple buckets all flowing back into one entity.
    Jun 5, 2017 2
    • what do u mean by inside & outside protection? in this case, does tax lawyer know better or accountants are better? what about forming a LLC with two other friends who want to invest with us?
      Jun 5, 2017
    • Groupon
      BruceLeroy

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      BruceLeroy
      Check out BiggerPockets.com. They have a wealth of information for your proposed situation.
      Jun 6, 2017
  • VMware / Product
    Fosho

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    Fosho
    Why not invest in a real estate fund instead of the hassle that goes along with purchasing a physical asset and managing tenants?
    Jun 5, 2017 1
  • Phoenix, AZ. Cheap prices. Hirer a management company, watch the money roll in...
    Jun 6, 2017 0
  • You two can just form a partnership investment company to own a property outside Bay Area, if my understanding is correct. And you are totally right, there is very hard to have positive cash flow to be a landlord in Bay Area
    Jun 5, 2017 0