If there is a lawsuit pending for personal injury or against the developer, you'll have trouble financing, and future buyers will have trouble getting approved.

(Many of them are from India - far from home - and I am hoping that 3 or 4 of them will want to live together in a house instead of hotel rooms.)Back to the rehab:I want to hire people from Craigslist at $15 to $20/hr and need to pay cash at end-of-day to keep them coming back (they dont return if paycheck is 2 weeks away).I have a worker's comp policy to protect myself from worker injuries. 

Do you think I need to go to the extent of building some kind of hand rail around the perimeter of this backyard deck to prevent a slip and fall injury, or would just making sure all the planks and nails are secure be sufficient?

So despite the fact that I think I momentarilly blacked out and could have major injuries, I knew I had to get witnesses immediately.

The risks of being a GC include aesbestos fines, lead based paint fines, OSHA safety compliance, safety training costs, employee issues and complaints, HR risks, labor and industries risks, worker injury, litigation costs, construct defect management costs, quality warranties, settlement fees, construction delay penalties, work redos, workers milking the clock, inadequate project management and inadequate construction management 2) Mistake #2.

A serious injury on your property could leave you in a financial crisis even with an umbrella policy. 

I also have over 100 fleas bites to add insult to injury!!

If one of us suffered some injury or debilitating illness that prevented working, we would have survived but been forced to live that life of sacrifice forever. 

You might want ask around your area about the VA's Supportive Housing program.In a nutshell, it's intended to provide housing for homeless veterans either near where they receive treatment for injuries and psych. issues or near public transit which can help them get to their treatment facilities.

For example, if I personally did a repair that later causes an injury, the LLC may not prevent me from being held liable.