On a porch you can use any coating and color but over a house I always use Cool/R in Solar White as it prevents over 90% of the sun's heat from getting into the house.

I’m a pretty firm believer in performing repairs as soon as they are found in order to prevent more problems.

•What are the potential lawsuits and what do we do to prevent this from happening if something goes wrong in the future with the property?

The protections an LLC afford are, in my opinion, greatly exaggerated if you're managing the properties yourself or generally unnecessary if you've got a PM (who is insured) and you yourself have a decent umbrella.

My fear however, and the thing that prevents me from moving forward with it at this time, is that I have accumulated a lot of debt, and family responsibilities that I fear will prevent me from getting a loan for an investment property, and also not having an excess of available cashflow to be able to build up a down payment.

Out here in Utah, the contract that agents have to use prevent them from being assigned unless they have written permission from the seller.

However, only if something outside my control prevents me from providing the premises.If not, what would their damages be should your house catch on fire and then you not be able to return those monies?

im relying on my contract to do a lot for me as well. can i just write in the contract that the seller pays for the search with a clause that if any issues are found and not addressed before the contract end data the contract is void and does not renew. is that a good exit strategy or do i need something else to protect my self from deals that wont work out and unnecessary out of pocket expenses.

Does anyone have advice on how to deal with termite prevention?

As far as some credential that you can put on your business card after your name, totally unnecessary. good luck - Ned