If more investors spend a fraction of the time and energy spent worrying about asset protection and do the things on a daily basis that prevents liability exposure, plaintiffs attorneys won’t eat as well. 

Also, how does this anonymity strategy prevent a claim from being filed in the event a liability event were to exist? 

Insurance costs are going to be extremely relative to a list of variables that differ with every property, but if you know what to target and what to watch out for, these costs do not at all prevent positive cash flow on the right opportunities

So, commingling these monies will likely lead to more of this down the road and prevent you from investing more.

It helps to prevent a tenant from doing what this tenant did and to give you remedies in case the tenant revokes the notice prior to the notified termination date.

I strongly believe that legislation should be introduced to prohibit property wholesaling and also prevent double closings unless it can be demonstrated that the property's value has been substantially improved.  

Dodd Frank could prevent Americans from buying homes beyond their means (that's why few Americans , if they have to finance a purchase, are buying homes now), but it could not prevent hedge funds from dumping billions of dollars of cash into RE industry. 

This will help you guage the level of interest and prevent you from having to back out of a contract before you can get the lot sold.  

@Mary JayAs a preventive move would be for you to trim any branches that hang over the property line onto your property. 

Unfortunately most investors focus their time and resources on preparing for the liability event rather than proactively operating their businesses in a manner that prevents the liability event from occurring.