What I mean is if this is completely out of your wheelhouse, focus on where you are an expert.

Loved all the insight I have read on this site. 

They can help you pick areas and give you insight into things you would have never considered. 

Focus your time on that and the area you want to invest in, become an expert there so you can act quick when a good property pops up. 

@Peter Hynes I am no expert in asset protection, but I think there are ways to have the properties under LLC: option 1 - buy it all cash; option 2 - use a deed to send your property under LLC (but may trigger the due on sale close).

However,  this is not the proper solution to accomplish this goal.See, https://www.nmhc.org/news/articles/the-high-cost-o...And, https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/rent-control...Frank

I've been doing some research but wondering if anyone else had insight.

Any insight or sharing of experience would be greatly appreciated.

Im no expert on the entire layout of the forum and there are definitely some overlapping areas but I would say this area isnt wrong.

I'm not an expert by any means but I do manage between 500-600 apartments and I usually I don't have a lot of fight from a tenant when I deduct from their Deposit.