How Do I Sign a Deed From to Put Rental Property in a LLC?

Full question:

My husband and I are trying to put our rental property into the LLC. Should we use MGRM or MGR next to our names, any advantages or disadvatages? Thank you, Pavla

• Category: Real Property
• Subcategory: Deeds
• Date: 04/07/2025
• State: Florida

Answer:

We're assuming that the property is held by you in your capacity as an individual (not named as a llc member of manager on the deed) and you desire it to now be owned by the LLC. In such a case, the property would be deeded from the named individuals, in their individual capacity (without MGR or MGRM) to the trust.

The elements of a fraudulent conveyance transfer are defined as follows by the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act:

(a) A transfer made or obligation incurred by a debtor is fraudulent as to a creditor, whether the creditor's claim arose before or after the transfer was made or the obligation was incurred, if the debtor made the transfer or incurred the obligation:

(1) with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor of the debtor; or

(2) without receiving a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfer or obligation, and the debtor:

(i) was engaged or was about to engage in a business or a transaction for which the remaining assets of the debtor were unreasonably small in relation to the business or transaction; or

(ii) intended to incur, or believed or reasonably should have believed that he [or she] would incur, debts beyond his [or her] ability to pay as they became due.

In some cases, it is possible to sue a person individually under an alter ego theory, in which the court will "pierce the corporate veil" to find that person liable when there is really no separate identity of the individual and corporation. Whether the alter ego theory applies will be a determination for the court, based on the facts and circumstances in each case.