I tell my tenants that for regular maintenance issues they should just call/text me.

Where if we use our own personal funds (not funds acquired from our spouses or from our marriages) our business would be strictly ours and our spouses have no claim to it should one of us ever divorce from our spouse. 2) Invest with my husband using the equity from our home but I want to have a business structure that is separate from the marriage where we are both partners and we are paid for our individual contributions to the business.What type of business partnership could I have with my husband that can be setup in that way?

Someone who knows and works the area regularly?  

Just buy it with a Quit Claim deed.

(You won’t get the ongoing tax break and you’ll be selling or paying the taxes to cash out.)You convert capital gains income in to regular income. 

Insurance claim has NOT been paid.

Be sure to explore the tools provided by the BPC, there is a list of top markets that is updated regularly based on a number of criteria. 

Without a written record of this arrangement, is there a way to claim any compensation for those renovation costs, or would that be difficult to prove in court?

One is a phenomenal area Buckhead and the other is more mediocre at best.How to analyze investments whatever they are regular syndications, DST's, TIC's comes with experience and time.  

Don't just call them once... make it a point to remain in regular contact with them (at least 1x per month) via phone, face to face, email, text, social media, mail, etc.At the same time, make it a point to add X number of NEW contacts to your database each day or week.