Real Estate Succession Planning
By Jason Watson, CPA
Posted Saturday, August 3, 2024
Nothing lasts forever, even the Cubs eventually won a pennant. If your partner is not your spouse, understand that you could suddenly find yourself in business with his or her spouse or children. Imagine you and your partner. Happy as a clam. Successful. Cement truck. Dead. She left everything she owned to her whacked out children including her portion of the real estate business. Now you and her kids are partners. Wonderful. Do scenes from Horrible Bosses come to mind?
But valuation and funding are the biggest hurdles. For example, the real estate entity might be worth a zillion dollars, but has no cash. Or the value is all tied up in assets, such as houses, buildings or machinery. In other words, the assets are not easily liquid which is common in real estate investments including rental properties. Exit plans or Buy-Sell Agreements really make sense only when the entity has value (which is not always the same as equity).
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