In my experience, there are two main reasons to create an LLC; tax liability and bodily injury liability. 

If you are creative in your approach, you can get past the initial reaction of the typical thoughts towards a dystopian wasteland of metal buildings and burning barrels of trash.  

Paperwork:Purchase & Sale agreements - Pro seller & Pro buyerLease & Option agreementsSub Contractor agreements and W9'sProperty Inspection FormCheckbookSub To Docs3 day & inspection noticesTools:Drill - (got to take boards down of houses sometimes)Gloves - (protect hands)Step ladder - (got to get those signs nice and high on the telephone poles)Hammer - (posting signs and pulling nails)Nails - (I found roofing nails to be great for signs)Zip ties - (For posting signs on metal poles)Tape Measure - (probably the most important thing.

As the market sits right now, I would invest in commercial/industrial metal buildings.

The law prohibits investing in a few certain things - metals, collectibles, life insurance, but not real estate.You need to open an account with a custodian that will allow this.

Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market.

Premium rating factors include: completed cost to build, location, estimated time to build, construction type (usually frame but could be concrete block or metal).

The roof is old, not sure how old, but it is a metal roof-typically good for 50-70 years.

I recently was looking at a metal yard in Moroni Utah. 

http://carportco.homestead.com/index.htmlthese guys do commercial and residential metal carport covers at what seem to me to be reasonable prices even w/ freight charges.