I heard that if you move the personal mortgages to an LLC they could get called and we would want to avoid that3.

Initially I didn't have a personal connection to the area and didn't know much about the city.

The vast majority of contractors won't want to give bids on properties while under contract unless they have a relationship with that person from prior jobs.

I do not personally use him based soley on the fact that the firm is virtual.

If you don't look at them before buying in person, you will get burned at some point and regret it.   

The key is to identify personal property from real property.

Are you referring to personal losses or other people had losses?

I don't know if they still do it but if memory serves a few years ago TD Bank would do a HELOC on a rental in second position but only if it was titled in someone's personal name. 

Managing five rentals can eat up a ton of time in any given week, often at times that are inconvenient to you and your personal interests (family, hobbies, travel, etc.).Of course you can manage on your own.

Real-life reps, to me, means seeing properties in person, whatever your asset class.