What made this job even more fun were the hornets that built a nest in the holes and attacked me while holding tools balanced on a ladder 25 feet in the air... 

Why I'm so "lovey dovey" with our HELOC is because I've eliminated a large amount of interest giving me more leverage to attack principle.

For a regulator to attack the affidavit of non use as a home it would require some pretty direct evidence of intentional fraud before they could take action.

@Jon Holdman I didn't know bigger pockets had these gems of personalities who ganged to attack a member who is asking for help.

Those who have elected to attack those people critiquing them have always ended up looking worse in the end.

Then China may feel they have nothing to loose and attack Taiwan (or some other semi desperate action).

Going with the LLC will also give you a bunch of extra protection in the event a tenant files suit against you, they will only be able to go after what is held in the LLC and not attack any of your personal assets.  

Just so there's no personal attacks or "questions".

Quote from @Patricia Steiner: Some of my clients target a portion of their portfolios to SFH for rental to Section 8 tenants.  ....Hi Patricia, Nice post...What do you do about:[1] Large menacing sharp toothed attack dogs that live in the backyard on a chain (or inside the house)?

Marriage should strengthen you as a team to attack real estate together, not something that is just about each other with business aside.