Hopefully you guys can help answer this for me......I live in West Virginia and primarily invest outside the state. 

The counterclaim states that since the deed in lieu language was part of the loan, the entire loan is invalid.

-save $1k+ in taxes and fees yearly-can use the savings to get more insurance and a higher liability than the value of house. for flipping houses in California does anyone just put into sole proprietor own name and just use the $1k+ in savings for LLC costs into Insurance or use for savingor am I just being too risky. 

Dan,The process to create an LLC in Illinois is pretty simple.

Is the backup to use it as an STR during these months?

They are sure to move on at the end of their lease term. 

In my experience that's not actually the case at least in legitimate evictions for non-payment of rent or breach of another part of the lease.  

I would keep track of of all the losses, and work with a CPA.

The mortgage and property taxes use up most of the income from rent.Don't focus on the number of rentals, focus on the quality of the rental. 

At one time, I told people to spend money on a skip trace so they could file the in personam QT lawsuit (the one where you can served lawsuit papers on all defendants) and avoid the expense of the in rem QT lawsuit (the one where you need a GAL).