Not if he’s down as the President of the company and not the Owner.
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Exactly what he said not to mention this business was opened solely for the purpose of purchasing this house. I have another business that I use to purchase commercial properties. So unless the bank sues me or the owners of the house that we’re buying from i don’t forsee any problems. The company is an LLC and i’m the manager.
I took out a commercial loan for the house to establish more credit for myself with the bank so I can later purchase larger buildings. An no the bank would not allow a commercial loan for a car, I paid cash for that out of pocket.
Exactly what he said not to mention this business was opened solely for the purpose of purchasing this house. I have another business that I use to purchase commercial properties. So unless the bank sues me or the owners of the house that we’re buying from i don’t forsee any problems. The company is an LLC and i’m the manager.
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So how does that help you? If the business is solely for the purchase of your house, then I’d think you’d lose out on the tax break on your personal return that comes with a mortgage interest deduction. I’m presuming here that you, as the home occupier, would be paying “rent” - but probably less than what would be declarable as “profit”.
Since the business presumably makes no money (having no outside assets for income), then the business would have no tax liability to be offset by the depreciation/expenses/property taxes. Now does that mean that you’re filing under your own tax return, using these “business expenses” as a form of deduction? I’d think at some point, that might trigger an audit if too much is being deducted vs. a traditional mortgage interest deduction - and you might wind up hitting the AMT ceiling sooner (rendering it all moot).
And regardless of whether or not he’s the owner or the president, if the corporation has its name on the title of the house, then it would still be declarable assets for any issues (e.g. someone falling on an icy sidewalk in front of the house… and notice, I said if the business gets sued, not him). Any lawyer would look up the name on the deed, not the mailbox. In all, this is not likely, but always possible.
It has nothing to do with tax writeoffs or anything. In my current job the house will most likely be paid off within a year. I did it to establish credit in commercial loans. Showing that I can pay off such a large commercial loan in 1 year or less will then allow me to take a larger loan next time to buy a building. Getting a regular mortgage and paying it off in 1 year would not look too good on credit, the bank even told me they tend to frown upon people paying off 30 year loans in 1 year.
I’m curious because I work fairly closely with the commercial lending officers and SVPs at my bank, and I cant see them going for something like this.
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I opened an LLC… I said i’m purchasing this house as an investment property. They saw my credit and said ok, you can get a loan. Wasn’t really complicated at all.
I opened an LLC… I said i’m purchasing this house as an investment property. They saw my credit and said ok, you can get a loan. Wasn’t really complicated at all.
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Gotcha, just remember though that your house is now property of the LLC, and thus is not a protected asset under the LLC business structure.