They would not even give me the names of other investors and lenders on this and other projects.4)This property was held under LLC. 

Judging from the first few pages of the beginner's guide, I think we're looking at possibly doing some buy and hold strategies on single family homes and duplex/triplex/quads, since we both love our jobs and aren't quite ready to jump into the real estate game full time.The amount of information to read up on and understand is dizzying, and I have never so much as held a mortgage of my own. 

You need to talk to a lender about what you need before deciding where you want it held.

I have held back the last few years busy with school and kids.

Can a landlord be held liable for tenant tampering?

My exposure to REITs are held within Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX).

Like a poker player who folds most hands, it's not unusual for an investor to look at many hundreds of houses for every one he buys.

One of our originators wrote an article about this a few weeks back on this exact topic. https://www.corevestfinance.com/commercially-structured-loans-for-real-estate-investors/"To reset this limit, blanket mortgages wrap all of an investor’s residential assets into one commercial loan that will be held in an LLC vs. 10 or more different residential loans – thereby wiping the 10-count from their personal credit report and setting it back to zero.

The deposit is owned by the tenant and being held temporarily by you.

I also don't feel that we should be held responsible for identifying the source of the leak.