They'll fight tooth & nail in court to keep a full accounting hidden, even to the point of claiming protected work related.

I’d like to be protected if it takes longer than 60 days to sell a spec.

exactly I fund wholesalers in SC all the time.. its a boon to my business  :)  these laws are sweeping the nation.. its consumer protection U just have to many deals go wonky and complaints are filed so regulators are finally taking notice to this acitivty..

We plan to remove them all to protect from tax increases on our current primary, but I am afraid that now that the other properties won't have homesteads, we may see skyrocketing tax bills and it will eat into already small cash flow from rental income.Does anyone have advice for how to handle this situation other than just increasing rent?

Include an exit strategy, tax planning, and insurance to protect both parties.

Just because the costs might be in the furture does not warrant not budgeting for those known expensesThen there is the misc costs of asset protection, bookkeeping, unexpected utilities (such as between tenants (tenant turn over) or failure not attributable to the tenant such as slab leak).  

I agree with complications of ownership when it comes to Land Trust, and it also does nothing for asset protection. 

They may have a question and ask what the average utility is and I'm very clear that it depends on use but I would always have a cap even if it's 1k to protect yourself if someone likes to live like they're in Antartica during the summertime :)

Look at median household incomes, look at market economy base and diversification, look at what's being done to protect and grow economic performance, just run the #'s and the message should be crystal clear. 

Just trying to get as educated as possible before making any decisions, and setting up my asset protection accordingly.