I can't defend my position with any great load of data or passion; it just made me feel safer.

The insurance policies also afford better protection than relying on the liability protection component of an LLC, as a good attorney might try to pierce the LLC shield and/or we would be paying for our attorney to defend us from such.

He checked on c-cap and saw listed as defendants, along with him and his wife, two other financial entities, prior to him buying the property.

I told them it would get ugly if the dog came at me and I had to defend myself.

Do a counter claim for the fire damage caused by the tenant, just in case you will be told by the court to pay something, the counter claim will help the court determine final figure, they will decide how much the tenant will owe you also, ie if the court sya you have to pay the tenant 3k, then if your counter case wins 4k for the tenant pays you 1k, something like that.Consult with a lawyer when you do something, pick their brain so you will be ready to defend yourself.Another option is to have a paralegal look at your paperworks before appearing, much more cost effective, specially if they work on a lawyers office and don't run a paralegal business.

Do I need to defend myself, or are they required to bear proof of such claims? 

Out of the blue, the bank Chase  sold her loan to another bank and they decided to forclose on the unit and name my building as a defendant instead of a Plaintiff with them.

If it's not properly named as a defendant in the suit and served it's not really wiped out..

Out of the list Kaplan, Champion, and Austin institute of real estate seem to have the best reviews.

And the first mortgage will survive even though that named as one of the defendants??