The risk of buying the property in your name and then transferring to the LLC is that the lender may trigger the "due on sale" clause.

Also the OP has only his roommates word for the conversation.Can’t imagine that in an 8 year smoothly working relationship this would trigger a major issue

I have the numbers to a few parks geared up but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Again, do you have any idea what a massive can of worms your dissatisfaction has triggered???

I was getting close to pulling the trigger and began to get gun shy.

I've heard so many horror stories about the deadlines for 1031's, just make sure you have all your ducks in a row and have a great 1031 intermediary before you pull the trigger.

You can close on a VA loan up to 90 days prior to inhabiting, which means you have 90-120 days to search for quality deals before you either need to pull the trigger, or decide to rent (nothing wrong with that, depending on your situation and the market).

I’ve been plagued by Paralysis by Analysis and when I finally do pull the trigger on a rental property I strike out hard.

I have 2 private lenders that have limited funds and I offer them 10% plus one point that I use on smaller deals.It's nice to be able to pull the trigger on any deal with my main hard money guy but some of these larger projects like the commercial are scary to do at 15%.What are some tips for finding more private money?

Always set "triggers" for your projects.