I have umbrella insurance under my personal names currently so I'm wondering if the umbrella insurance would cover me in the event of some liabilityQuestions:- Am I better off keeping the rentals in my name since I have umbrella insurance?

Let them build through hard work like teaming with reputable operator who may take a cut but own the project etc.Neal Bawa and associated companies are another bunch or lier’s who project rosy picture to sign up people but fial to deliver.Those two have made my experience with real estate very companies very negative.

I've had clients rent by the room short and midterm and covered their entire mortgage.

Take a look at the overall picture, i.e. credit score, debts etc.. to make a decision.

First, most investors and owners of real estate related businesses are in one or more of the following situations1- they’re unable to duplicate their expertise that drives the ROI and they are at their personal max capacity as to time2- they’re obtaining high ROI by use of excessive leverage 3 - they’re obtaining high ROI by taking excessive risk4- they hit correct timing in the correct market, and this is not necessarily repeatable with any probabilityIn order for an investment or business to scale, we need the ROI (on a risk adjusted basis) to be sufficient to cover a PREMIUM risk adjusted return to passive investors; all expenses of managing the assets and the business, and a significant return to the “sponsor” providing compensation to him making the work, risk and time worth while. 

Right now, even if you have no reserve money saved, if a bad situation came up you could tap that 401k to cover the situation. 3.

So how you bring the money into the picture is just a mechanism, the reality is you do want to own the asset.

The scope of what you asked covers a broad area from estate planning, to tax planning and forward. 

Now the deposit covers up front costs , some materials , overhead and PROFIT .

At this point, instead of continuing to pay the interest loan payments on properties that we will never be able to financially finish since the rehab loans will not cover the actual cost of the rehab, I wanted to know the ramifications of returning the properties to the loan servicer, deed in lieu.