Keep separate accounts for personal and business, and talk with your attorney about an LLC or corporation and the differences in paperwork needed and tax implications for each type of filing.

I have worked in corporate america for over 15yrs and investing in real estate part time since I was making $70K on job...

After two layoffs in the past 4 years, we have decided it is time to leave the corporate world behind and work as independent contractors, and take greater control of our future.

While I'm sure there's risk exposure here that I still don't fully understand, I was comfortable proceeding on that time horizon and for that amount, and eager to learn what I can from it (and especially from talking through it with more experienced folks like you).Also, thank you for clarifying on the "default" terminology, this is somewhat new territory for someone coming from the corporate/venture world!

Form some type of corporation or an LLC with whatever an Attorney and/or a CPA to help you decide will do the best for your goals.Something else you should do is to get a pre-qualification letter that says how long you might need to do a loan and the maximum amount of loan.  

Good morning as a new  Real estate investor my question to anyone who wants the answer is how do I go about starting an LLC or Corporation in order to run my investments through them as well as where would I go to secure some capital to get started ?

Most people on this topic suggest owning investment properties personally and then moving them into a corporation.

You do not need to send a 1099 to most corporations.

I have some questions about refinancing a property under a corporation.

Texas is number one in In-Migration (Both People and Corporations). that makes economy so diversified that even oil crash is not affecting Texas now.