Recently got married and about to rent both of our properties and buy a new house for us. Is there a financial gain by creating a business for our rentals? As in a tax break for that income?

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Not from that perspective, no. You would create an LLC and as such it is still your personal income rates.

That said, the bulk of most rental income tends to get deducted. For example, interest on loans, any expenses related to properties, etc.

Some people create LLC for liability shielding purposes (law suits). While allowed, in some states it isn’t fully “legal”- there are kind of back doors to make it work. Basically companies and mortgage owners don’t like you dumping their properties into and LLC.

I personally have taken out a very large umbrella policy to cover me from potential liabilities. Homeowners insurance will only cover damage to property and some to people. Umbrella policy’s can cover other types of damages

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Also consider capital gain on your house. When you convert your primary/secondary to investment property, you will need to pay capital gain tax.
Let’s say you buy a house with $200k. You live there for 2 years and now it’s worth $400k. You convert it to investment property and rent it for 2 years. Then you sell it at $500k. You will need to pay 50% of your gain from $200k, which is $150k even though you actually gain $100k in 2 years. It just calculates from your original purchase price and divide by year of rent.
Of course, there are more to it in detail but that’s the gist of it. And I’m no tax expert

AM1 pretty much hit the nail on the head. The pass through taxes pretty much means no benefit from LLC except potential liability protection. That said, converting to rental income let’s you find hidden deductions - cell phone, internet, computers, etc - all deducted at fair use rate

Thanks for all your replies!

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