It also give an excuse to rental owners who should be exercising more civil leadership in the areas which they invest.If you're called to better an inner city - then do so.

My rentals have policies that have one premium for "Fire and Lightning" then another for "Sudden and accidental damage from smoke, windstorm, hurricane, hail, explosion aircraft and vehicles, riot and civil commotion."

I am getting a degree in civil engineering so I will have a full time job.

As an added benefit, since he’s an attorney certified in taxation law and also experienced in tax litigation, he can represent me in audits and - if necessary - all the way up to federal court.

(Tied up in litigation, bunch of public beratement, no property, no cash flow, etc.)On a scale of 1-10, how likely is the worst possible scenario?

Remember: if your umbrella policy has to pay out, it means litigation against you succeeded  - you lost!

You're welcome to disagree, but if the name calling and insults continue, I'm going to have to take action here.I don't care what your viewpoint is, but I do care that you be civil grownups.

Essentially, any lawsuit brought by any party, even if it were a result of the PM's failure to act, will be your problem and you'll pay all the PM's litigation costs.

Either way, you would need to bring out civil engineers and architects to determine the feasibility of building on either lot, but the Amesbury listing looks like a standard level lot, so logistically it will definitely be a quicker process than the Brockton listing.You can do a lot of the legwork yourself to speed things up. 

Bank accounts may be for free, but CPA's don't work for free, and foolish to try DIY if you got so much at stake.For my business that's in an LLC, my insurance agent wisely had me down with an endorsement that covers me, because around here litigants sue the LLC (or S-Corp, C-Corp) and the owners behind it as a matter of course.