They filed her schedule C and E flipped.

@Robin CastilloLLCs are useful for legal protection, but they require separate tax filing, typically cost several hundred dollars to create, and most non-commercial lenders will not lend to LLCs.Commercial lenders will lend to LLCs, but their interest rates are significantly higher and they require collateral that regular lenders don't.I would not create a LLC specifically due to the issues in getting a traditional mortgage it will likely cause.One potential route though, is to get a traditional mortgage in your name and then assume the loan after a 6mo "seasoning" period with your LLC.

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/filesGood luck.

So I need to file the Statement of Claim, and have questions about the form and process.Do I complete the form, have it served to the tenant by personal service, then file it with the court?  

The Series (child) should file an assumed name with the Texas SoS to connect the Series with the Series LLC (parent). 

We ran title and there was recently a $20k lien filed by a property manager. 

I asked him to board things up and talk to the police, which was mutually beneficial to us (he also filed a separate police report), and I paid for the materials for the boarding.

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/filesGood luck.

There are also additional costs of operating and maintaining an LLC, like separate bank accounts, annual report filings, tax filings, etc.2.

You could look at filing a complaint against the original contractor - realizing those don't often go anywhere, but it's something.