From there, piercing the veil of your LLC is pretty straight forward.Make sure you have a good PERSONAL umbrella policy for real liability protection.

And do not go into the "need to form LLC" until you have used up the conventional limit; just carry a big insurance policy and umbrella coverage too.

For someone who is just starting wouldn't a personal umbrella policy accomplish the same thing?

Either that, or that really are just regurgitating someone else’s stuff.Let your income lead your expenses, not the other way around – I have to confess, I heard this from a free real estate course, not personal advice.However, I have found this to be very valuable.It’s amazing how quickly you can spend a lot of money and/or get into debt because we think “we have to spend money to make money”.We get in a hurry (remember #1) and think we’ll make all the money back in just a short time period.The gurus are great at convincing us that their course will pay for itself and we believe every bit of it.Instead of going into debt for education, pay with cash and from your previous income, not your future possible income.Remember, “results are not typical”.Don’t worry about incorporating in some other state – This actually came from an attorney friend who said if I felt I needed a Corporation or LLC to use Nolo Press and to do it myself.Contrary to what most of the gurus say, you can look up the parties in Corporation and LLC in Nevada and other states.In addition, most states will require you to register with them if you do any kind of business in their state.So, if you’re going to form an entity, just do it in the state you are going to do business in.Don’t form an entity until you have done several deals – This seems to be one of the first things newbies want to do – and I was one of them.What the guru’s don’t tell you is that you’ll probably have to pay someone to do your taxes for your entity which will add extra costs.They also fail to tell you how difficult it is to work with banks as an entity until you have several years of tax records to prove you’re successful at the business.If you haven’t done any equity or assets, use liability insurance and a personal umbrella policy.It will be much more effective and cheaper in the short run.After you have done several deals and have assets you want to protect, then you can form your entity.

To combat our legal risk, we put a high cap on the liability insurance of each property, and put an umbrella policy in place.

Looking for an experienced insurance agent who is licensed in the following states: Texas, California and Indiana(for autos, rental , primary residence and umbrella insurances).Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated.Thank you

I own buildings in an LLC and personally, one that I own personally as the first building I bought, it is a duplex, and it was not worth setting up the LLC for it, since i did not have assets at the time. the next one I own personally is a Quad, and since you can get a personal mortgage for a quad under the residential rates, I did the math to figure that the increased cost of a commercial mortgage, would pay for $5MM of umbrella insurance for every year for the next 30 years.. so by holding it myself, I saved money AND have umbrella insurance.My point is, never assume that an LLC or that owner personally is the best decision ALL THE TIME, it is dependant on the property, the costs and what benefit you are getting from those costs.

@Jack Tanner , the only thing I can think of to meet that need would be a very large umbrella policy. 

If you're looking for asset protection look into Umbrella Insurance.

LLCs make things difficult, much the same protection can be had by umbrella insurance.