@Chris SeveneyI do want to minimize liability considering I intended to have multiple properties under one LLC capped at 10 just because somewhere along the line I was told this is good practice.

@James Sedano If you feel this strongly in favor of having the trust, I would recommend a firm who specializes in estate law or has a practice group who does rather than a generalist.

I bought a duplex in 2014, no rent control. 2019 Rent control imposed.

A qualified professional appraiser will generate a comprehensive analysis considering factors such as sales comparisons, highest and best use, market conditions, and income generated following Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice guidelines.

Hi everyone, I heard the rent control in CA will get voted in CA this November.

Just a short list its like 50 ways to leave your lover there are 50 gothcas in sub to. 1. the easiest for everyone to understand the sub to violated the Alienation clause in the mortgage or deed of trust and holder of the mortgage DT / Note decides to call the note due and payable and starts a foreclosure. 2. foreclosure started and the person who bought sub to has no means to pay it off or refinance it and the original sellers credit get trashed and if its a deficiency judgement state even on an owner occ like Texas lender sues original seller for the deficiency. 3. this kind of investing or acquiring assets tends to attract those with limited resources so they have no ability to fix things they decide to scale up and then it goes out of control and sellers are really harmed4. deal goes south and original seller sues or files complaint with AG. 5.

Landscaping and Pest control seem cheap to me, but not knowing location, there's no way to actually know. 

I swear I can't control it... there's this sarcastic voice inside me that just takes over.'

I still think syndication investing is fine within a self directed Roth IRA (or traditional IRA).The hold time on a syndication may only average about 5 years, which means when investing outside a syndication you are usually recapturing that depreciation anyways at a time you cannot choose/control as a limited partner.

The issue with that property was we didn't control the rehab under budget and timeframe.