My apologies to the Men in Blue that protect & serve us.

That was a couple of weeks ago and now just a couple of days ago I see a Realty sign out front with bidder select with a inflated price but public records show how much the lender foreclosed on.

I provide this simply as an FYI and hopefully to protect you in the future.

Has anyone done a conventional (Fannie/Freddie) loan on any of your investment properties, then transferred the deed into your Corporation or LLC to achieve asset protection?

I have 12 that are paid off at this time.Do I really need to buy property insurance to protect the rental properties in case of fire, wind or storm?

I'm one who (for now) won't bother going the llc route.Your purpose for getting an LLC is to protect you and for it to properly protect you you pretty much have to know all the dos and donts of operating under an LLC.

Another way you can find an owner is using public records to find the name of the owner.

Here is a good Washington Post article (opinion piece) that I was discussing a few months ago with MC public school teacher who I know:http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-great-m...Here is a less politically correct, but more data-centric overview:http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/19285/de-...And here is a report directly from MCPS that addresses the disparity of schools in the county:http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Fi...More importantly, those I've spoken to believe that the trend isn't ending...

When you do a lease option assignment you- 1. investigate the tenant buyer well from their past tenant history 2. the tenant buyer should go through a RMLO with the new Safe Act and Dodd Frank Act, because you are protecting the Seller that the TBer has the ATR (Ability to Repay) a loan.

And how do I protect myself from the seller going out from under me and selling the property after I spent money rehabbing the place??