Congrats on setting your goal to purchase your first real estate investment this year!

While the onset of recessions may be delayed by several months, the reversal of the yield curve tends to serve as a key indicator.

Hitting a baseball safely 3 out of 10 times might get you into the HOF in MLB, but that same percentage of guessing the onset of a crash doesn't give you credibility.  

Examples:- If you want to avoid making a costly tax mistake, and you plan to start out as a passive investor in a syndication - there's really nothing that requires professional tax help at the onset- If you're starting out as a flipper (not recommended) and are bringing in family members as partners (also not recommended) - you probably should engage a tax pro early onRead this blog post: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1088325-expla...

They will spend $6k on setting all of this up and realize that they could have just kept it in their name with a good insurance policy.I am a "if you are gonna do it, then do it right" type of person.

There seems to be less discussion on setting up vs running the business.

Hey @Aquilas Zephir Congrats on setting up your REI company and aligning with your strategy! 

What is you opinion on setting up LLC and other aspects of this business first.

But unless you have some local muscle who can show up and deal with the cops, OP needs to hire an eviction attorney ON MONDAY tell them what's happened and pay what you have to in order to have the eviction completed and the LOCKS CHANGED.

At the onset of the process, I did Internet research on the area and company.