The house is awkward. 

They even had that tv show where a woman flipper was running around Cleveland, holding her power tools awkwardly, while rehabbing beautiful houses with aplomb.

For the time-being I’m staying focused on keeping my financials as appealing to banks as possible so that when it comes time to make the move toward expanding my own business, I can do so without any awkward conversations with the lender. 

Unfortunately you've totally missed the issue Counselor, the issue is not one of legal protection, and even if it were LLCs don't offer bullet proof protection to begin with, not by a long shot.But rather the real issue is whether the cost of setting up an LLC structure, the cost of maintaining it and the hassle, inconvenience and awkwardness of operating it justify the extraordinarily remote risk of addressing a material claim not otherwise covered by insurance (regular property liability insurance or umbrella if necessary).The answer is clearly not for your typical mom and pop owner of passive rental property operation.

I'm new to this, and running the numbers is still awkward, which makes me want to lean on the experience of others for guidance, at least until I get a deal or two under my belt.

It's a really awkward time to be looking for a new house in Denver right now.

Louis to work real estate, the place of our empire.Besides the awkwardness of living apart, with a 35 year history of being married, I am trying to focus on the joy of achieving another goal.

I think it can make Thanksgiving dinner or social gatherings awkward if something goes wrong.

That's kind of awkward.

And if we are wrong, we pocket a nice annuity.I see a bigger risk in selling and needing to redeploy capital/pay capital gains taxes, and levering back up, or doing an awkward 1031 exchange.