To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

I’m a real estate investor and the owner of a fairly large property management firm here in Texas.

I’m a complete rookie and novice in real estate investing, and I firmly believe in the “crawl before you walk or run” mentality.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

Like you said, I do believe you'll see more firms with "all services under one roof" moving forward. 

It is easy to initiate a trustee-to-trustee transfer between firms.

To thrive in real estate investing, you must maintain a firm grip on your finances.

We have an insurance policy on the rental house (through State Farm), that includes a personal liability section, which is essentially equal to our current net worth.Given that a tenant could sue for more than this if an accident occurred, we are thinking about adding either LLC or an umbrella policy (or both) as extra protection.Any advice on which way to go, and if LLC, any recommendations for a law firm or company the Indianapolis area?

Securities and Exchange Commission in January, the company’s real estate business lost $1.12 million, although the firm had relatively little debt compared with the stated value of its assets.The company also disclosed that it may use new investors’ money to pay dividends to existing ones.

It doesn’t promise more aid.