I’ve done it where I’ve gotten the property first and put it in the LLC second but requires you to have it in your name at some point, leaving you vulnerable to civil action during that time.

Just feeling additionally vulnerable.

Let's be candid; let's be vulnerable.

Since this can add up quickly, from a legal standpoint am I making my LLC protections vulnerable by regularly depositing personal funds to the LLC checking account?

Explain that since a month to month lease leaves you vulnerable to a winter vacancy you will begin keeping your eyes open for a 1 year lease tenant.

He said that its more vulnerable to moisture and will buckle at the doorway.

A highly leveraged investment can show high Cash on Cash returns, but be very vulnerable to small swings in cash flow.

If a friend can not be found locally, then a good mentor will save you a lot of money (even if it costs a little), but they should not stay with you, but direct you on how to improve your building at those leaky spots and maybe even return (after a while) to make sure you have not sprung any leaks eslewhere.But in my start I just went out and did without any help to prove to my brother that what he was thinking of could be done, but he did not need the GURU's supervision and "mentoring".I succeeded in getting started in investing this way and proved to myself that even us doers will at some point need to stop doing and READ to educate ourselves on how to stop those leaks or we will indeed fail as well.So wheather your start as "hands on" or "reading" , both will be needed to be done and I will add one more phase to prevent failure and that is the use of COMMON SENSE to know when to stop and get help (for us doers) or stop reading and get started (for the readers).Plus the use of that COMMON SENSE to look back and realize you have leaks or havent yet started instead of just continuing doing the do'ing or reading and not realizing that you are going down in flames.

Should you still buy in tertiary markets that are less vulnerable to asset deflation with elevated interest rates?

I work with owners in DC who owe back taxes and I agree that the call to action for us as investors is to find ways to run our businesses ethically and with high moral standards.After working this niche for several years I agree that the District should do a better job of protecting its most vulnerable citizens by creating exemptions, caps, and legal fee limits on taxes owed.