I've done craigslist,backpage, shopper papers, social mkting, Yahoo groups.

Am I correct in assuming that most investors do not have a storefront/office space where they conduct business?

The attitude is: This is the way I conduct business.

I must say, that my contractor search took place PRIOR to me getting the signed contract from Fannie Mae.So, I figured that they (the contractors) were not taking me seriously and decided to hire a company to conduct a feasibility study.

My FHA/HUD consultant conducted the required FHA/HUD inspection and provided me with an estimated cost for loan purposes.2.

Making notes about anything you did not understand and at a later time ask the officials who conducted the sale, or an individual who you saw was very active at that sale.

Also, I haven't been to a closing yet where I was selling a property and the title company didn't require a copy of my operating agreement to determine that myself or any partners were authorized to conduct business on behalf of the LLC.The operating agreement is the only thing tying you as an individual to the entity and title companies can be very picky about who is authorized to sign.Best of luck!

I don't think we can say what case law on a Series LLC has been in Texas, not sure it would make the evening news.I think you're way to concerned about the underlying issue, if a law exists for the formation of an entity and it is properly made and managed and has conducted business legally, no judge will toss it out, not even in Texas.You need to look into the details of management of an LLC, Series or just an LLC, neither are different except for accounting issues and that is not much different, just as accounts are prepared and taxes if you select each series to have its own or you file with a conolidated statement.

The reason I dont do that is to enjoy the low interest rates offered by conventional personal mortgages, instead of taking business loans.Is this a correct summary of my options:Option 1: stay as isOption 2: dissolve the LLC and conduct rental management in my own name (not higher legal risk than Option 1)Option 3: get a higher interest rate business loan in the LLC's name, transfer properties to LLCOption 4: Option 2 + get PUP insurance as @JD Martin recommended

So I would use some additional more organic methods to verify the rentometer results and conduct some research into whether rents have actually gone down in the area such as by speaking to local PMs, reading local RE industry reports and articles, looking up comparable listings, speaking to as many tenants and RE agents in the area as you can, google, etc. and if some or all of these sources confirm what rentometer says then try to determine what might be causing rents to decline (if indeed they are).