There is also some risk involved with "all your eggs in one basket".  

To differentiate, What about offering a gift basket for when they arrive?

My main suggestion to you is to start with the low-hanging fruit, meaning the things that you can directly control...like your credit.

Laws aren't made to give investors a road block in making money, they are made to protect owners rights, equity, use of their property, quiet enjoyment and the fruits of the land (fruits of the land meaning profits derived from their ownership).

What this does is creates a perception that we are “going to hell in a hand basket”.

I guess that just means I will need to be successful enough to be able to buy some vacation homes in climes where the locals don't look so pasty and rusted ;o)I'm looking forward to many fruitful discussions on my new favorite pastime.

New paint, maybe new tile floor, matching accessories: towel bar, tp holder, toothbrush glass, flower vase or basket, and soap dish.Then bright colored rug, coordinated shower curtain, towels, soap and silk flowers.Tie the towels back with rafia twine, place a flower in twine.

There is lower hanging fruit.

Butler made THREE 2-point baskets the entire game!

I'm just not sure if it's beneficial to also have LLC set up in addition to the insurance.You always want to have insurance, regardless of whether you own the property in an LLC or not...In my opinion, the the least cumbersome solution is to get a good umbrella policy with at least $2 million liabililty coverage, put properties you own in your own name under that umbrella, and once you reach the max number of properties allowed under that umbrella, start using LLCs for any properties you acquire beyond that.If you plan to own a lot of properties and use entities, you'll probably need to create and manage multiple LLCs, because putting 20 properties in one LLC is essentially putting all your eggs in one basket and may defeat the purpose of what you're trying to do.