Putting real estate inside a corporation sounds sexy. Hall Capital INCORPORATED sounds so much cooler than Hall Capital LLC. I completely understand why real estate investors get jazzed up when they hear about such an entity structure.

Our clients usually come to us with questions regarding real estate and corporations after they’ve attended a real estate meetup or guru event. And it’s great that whatever they heard excites them about taxes enough to talk to me. But it’s always a huge let down for the client when I show them how often bad advice floats around those events.

No one should ever put rental real estate inside a corporation. Ever.

Sounds pretty extreme right? Heck, the tax code is so convoluted that there must be an exception somewhere, right? Nope, absolutely not. Rental real estate should never be placed inside a corporation.

Buckle up because you’re about to hear the laundry list of reasons I give to any client considering placing rental real estate inside an S-Corporation or a C-Corporation.