These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

The warranty on that treatment is expiring soon unless we extend it for another year by paying $175 which covers up-to 100k in damages should they occur.

By analogy, this would be like having airplane passengers wear parachutes instead of focusing on what it takes to keep the plane in the air.I think a better way to protect your equity is to:Maintain the condition of your properties and operate fairly and ethically with constant regard to the lawPurchase insurance to cover any inadvertent negligence and/or simple bad luckVest title in a business entity that fits your partner, business, and tax strategyGood luck on your purchase.

Complete remodel - roof, stucco, windows, doors, trim, granite, refinished kitchen cabinets, lighting, bathroom vanities, toilets, surrounds, flooring, paint, termite treatment and repair, finished the garage, new landscaping, restored the pool with new mechanicals, new furnaces & water heater What was the outcome?

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

And the ethics are fine?  

Choose the ethical route.  

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

That way, you get the tax preferential treatment of long term capital gains and still get to build up capital while you flip.

I am an aircraft painter by trade, based in Bangor; but my long hour work week and little appreciation for the ethic and skills I bring forth do not coincide with my bigger goals in life.