I am from the suburbs and even I have heard people say snitches get stitches and I don't want any stitches. or bullet holes.If it comes down to it I can just deal with the smell it's only temporary untill I buy the duplex so I'm fine.I just really want to know if I have any options.

Yet to this day, they keep predicting and missing another big one.There are people that believe our currency will collapse and I have even heard some say "food and bullets will be the new currency."

But that probably won't matter when THE BULLET TRAIN is up and running.

I just assume put a bullet in my head than have ANYTHING to do with the current GOP leadership....and I'm a registered republican..... but rather than get into a political discuss on a RE site, we'll just leave it at that and move on....Like many issues that real focus has to be on working to solve the "WHY".... not the symptom of the issue itself.

The hurdle is biting the bullet on the increases and timing.

Unfortunately you've totally missed the issue Counselor, the issue is not one of legal protection, and even if it were LLCs don't offer bullet proof protection to begin with, not by a long shot.But rather the real issue is whether the cost of setting up an LLC structure, the cost of maintaining it and the hassle, inconvenience and awkwardness of operating it justify the extraordinarily remote risk of addressing a material claim not otherwise covered by insurance (regular property liability insurance or umbrella if necessary).The answer is clearly not for your typical mom and pop owner of passive rental property operation.

Do we bite the bullet and put a larger down payment on a house here, meaning missing out on multiple OOS investments over the next few years and maybe try short term rental to generate cash flow?

It seems you learned a lot and dodged a bigger bullet at the same time.

Bite the bullet and get a "new" car/loan?

I think Dodd Frank is a jokeBut my fantasy world of what “should be” sadly can’t override what “is”  so I bite the bullet and do what pappa government tells me to