Business Owners May Want to Directly Own Buildings

Quick Insight

Sometimes companies don’t directly buy their building, but instead rent it from the company’s owners. This can reduce the cash flow burden on the company while still allowing owners to control the building. The owners may form an LLC with outside investors to own the building. This allows outside investors to provide some equity to fund the purchase of the building without diluting the ownership of the company itself.

Sometimes companies don’t directly buy their building but instead rent it from the company's owners. This is more common with closely-held companies. 

This can reduce the cash flow burden on the company while still allowing owners to control the building. The owners, rather than the company, make the down payment on the building. It may also have personal financial planning benefits for the owners.

The owners may form an LLC with outside investors to own the building. This allows outside investors to provide some equity to fund the purchase of the building without diluting the ownership of the company itself. These outside investors receive rental income but not a share of the company’s total income.

This is something you would need to talk about with your CPA, tax accountant, and financial planner if you were considering it.

I wish your company strong cash flow. I wish you well.


- Rob Stephens

Further Insight

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