How would be protected ?

Probate investing has been very good for me however I had to first learn and master other more general skills before my expertise was useful in trust and estate work.Good luck and hope it works out well for you.

Sometimes the bank protects us from ourselves!  

I always thought that a junior lienholder was allowed to make payments on a senior lien to protect their interest.

Got it.As far as to whether the LLC really will or will not protect you (and your land) from liability claims, there are many, many threads on the forum on that subject. 

As always protect the seller / the customer, above all the deal must be win-win.But even making a business out of taking control of RE and assigning, even this is permissable in any volume you'd like in the restrictive Ohio per the Jeff Watson interview of OH RE board members, as long as you don't do certain things and take legitimate control and risk via P&S contract with typical earnest money, (what ever, but more than $10 or $100).  

Things like creating an LLC, protecting yourself, insurance, lending options, tenant screening, etc. 

Paying them cash does not protect you if they get hurt while they are running around doing things for you...VA's are great, but that is really for online type of work. 

Well worth the money for their expertise and advice.

And also protected her property in the meantime from frozen/busted water pipes, etc...However, the new landlord (outta state owner), with new tenants found through a local PM, did not have the utilities setup to automatically switch, so he knew nothing about what was going on at the property, until it was entirely too late.