First poor business decision making is not only an invitation to claims, but also an invitation to having your LLC 's purported legal protection vitiated or voided entirely.If all you are avoiding by having an LLC are the very minimal legal fees from the cases noted above, then you've just effectively acquired the most expensive insurance coverage on the planet and you don't even realize it.

@Forrest Faulconer your first statement that your primary home doesn’t haveThe tax and other advantages of investment properties is flat out flat earth level wrong.It takes nothing away from @jim k’s good analysis to acknowledge that a primary is one off he most subsidized and tax advantages investments in the planet, even after recent adjustments to the tax code.

It is a hassle to switch PM, and you never know if the grass is really greener on the other side (for me it is significantly better with Tradewinds). 

Pete Fortunato has some of the best creative real estate trainings on the planet.

There is NO company on planet Earth that has 100% positive reviews, you are looking for people that you can trust and if and when mistakes are made they will place your success over their own profits.

A lot of the alleged 'scholars' on this planet are how we get into these messes.

remember..the grass look greener on the other side always.. so stick to your area until you become a savvy investor and then more to other areas if you wish to..good luck

California is a different planet, now, and not for the better. 

My issue is that I have a very unique first name, as far as I know, I'm the only one on the planet with my name.

The planets have aligned in your favor, "BRRRR" Investor!