If true then I think this notion that "if someone stays for more than 30 days then they have squatter rights" is a myth.

I have listened to several of the books recommended on the pod casts - 10x, E-Myth, 4 Hour Work Week, Trump Style Negotiation, The One Thing.

Being that these are residential and not commercial, my the landlords finances are the only focus. 

That being said any property I purchase with the explicit purpose of owning as an investment, is purchased in one of my LLC's and treated as an investment and a business day one.Hopefully that helps better understand my personal thought process for why I structure my things the way I do. 

These primary laws grant two main powers to agencies related to the laws passed. 1. the power to interpret the law and to make rulings, changes, amend or supplement regulations to enhance the administration and operations of the laws enacted for the public good.

However, I would prefer not to lose my life savings and retirement funds because of one incident...with that being siad, is the thought of everything being taken from me if I don't have a separate entity just a beginners myth?

I've been a member here for a while and actually live down the street from the man, the myth, the legend, Mr Brandon Turner himself in the wonderful albeit very strange town of Aberdeen, WA.

If you can enhance your returns using leverage, all the better.  

Most of the people I know in real estate love working for themselves.Here's a few myths about being an agent:  1) You have access to "the best deals."  

The neighbors mentioned they were occasionally spraying the outside steps as the bugs were just spilling out.I'm the kind of newbie investor that gets really excited about the potential for a property - I literally spent hours at a time in my first rental planning out the rehab and envisioning what I was going to do to the property to make it look great - exposing brick, reconfiguring upstairs layout, enhancing outdoor space, etc.