With all of my deals, I suggest that borrowers buy within an LLC/entity since it gives them the most protection.

No need to utilize an attorney for filing for entities.

Notably, upon request for references, the contacts provided were associated with Gmail accounts, despite purportedly representing corporate entities involved in real estate transactions.

., - the mortgage will not be reported under your own credit, but live within in the entities EIN.

You should have a transactional real estate attorney represent you when negotiating the Joint Venture Agreement and formation of the special purposes entity (i.e. an LLC) that you'll be a member/limited partner in.

If a utility is provided by a government entity in most places if the bill is unpaid that can become a lien on the property.

What entity raised this money?

I was advised that if I want to separate the management from the property, the managing entity should be an incorporated.

If you are on the fence with respect to purchasing real estate, then you can always add language in the sales agreement permitting the assignment to an entity you will create for the purchase the real estate.

I was by default going to set up a Florida based LLC with my partner.This is a buy and hold, rental income property.How would you go about setting up an entity out of state?