I believe it’s important to address these two items separately: First, there  are still ways to find out the identify of the member(s) behind the LLC and secondly these anonymity strategies do not actually shield liability because claims are still brought regardless of whether the members of the LLC are identifiable.

We know no more about him than you have told us, but just the list of items you mention give me pause - "He's been trying to get into real estate for 6 1/2 years."  

Good post with some items, most notably insurance that's generally just glossed over during underwriting.

Other answers might include the acronym CIA:  Credit Income and Assets but that leaves out the items Brandon mentions.   

Too many new investors blindly copy due diligence checklists from the internet, assign equal importance to each item and blow up deals over nothing.

However, we are going back and forth on a few items and would appreciate any advice or if anyone knows who to talk to locally to find out the answers to these questions that would be great.

In the US 5 Billion bananas are thrown away each year...that's 13.7 million a day-enough to feed a lot of hungry people and that is just one food item.

I'm self employed, no other "job"I have STR insurance policies that show a line item for Loss of Business Income.

I'm self employed, no other "job"I have STR insurance policies that show a line item for Loss of Business Income.

Read Item #10 on the list that I've linked to below:https://moneyinc.com/texas-real-estate-commission/