Now, I see you are in Seattle, which much like Portland, has extensive tenant protections.

You certainly want to vet your property manager to ensure they are focused on balancing asset protection with tenant satisfaction.

He taught deal structuring that has helped many make & protect wealth. 

Some kinds of auctions allow you similar protections as a traditional sale.

You can verify us through the following link: https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org...Our Lender License is issued by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.

For home protection I prefer a 20 gauge pump action.

They found they had to do that in order to protect their properties from animal damage.

That is just not realistic in this current market.So in my opinion it's important to expose yourself to a large number of deals, so you can develop an intuitive sense of what's reasonable and what's not (and quickly discard the ones that aren't).And it's true that there is no way to 100% protect from fraud (and not just in passive real estate investments but even in public stocks etc.).

However, since you put the asset into an LLC, I am going assume you care about asset protection and further this discussion just a bit.My advice to you is to seek out local banks where much of their business is derived from commercial lending.

Short term tenants are not protected by the the eviction ban.