With industrial or properties involving hazardous materials (gas stations, medical offices) is the risk of environmental contamination usually covered by insurance (which the tenant would be paying for)?  

While LLC's are an important protection, you should always be managing your properties in the best manner and not creating any sort of opportunity for people to have claims or grievances against you. 

Does California tax law allow me to claim on my personal tax returns my portion of the ownership of those properties for tax year 2019.

They won't be cheap, but if you do have a slip and fall claim, you'll be glad you paid a little more.Incidentally, if you're getting proof of insurance from a snow removal company I've been told you don't just want to see a general certificate of liability insurance but a specific "snow removal completed operations" certificate.

My lender claims he can lock me in at 3.25% if I choose to refinance.I am completely new to the refinancing concept and am looking for any advice on this situation.

My lender claims he can lock me in at 3.25% if I choose to refinance.I am completely new to the refinancing concept and am looking for any advice on this situation.

My lender claims he can lock me in at 3.25% if I choose to refinance.I am completely new to the refinancing concept and am looking for any advice on this situation.

However, you also want to be able to demonstrate that intent.Factors that would give credibility to your claim could include your normal practice, communications you had with professionals and your relatives as you were buying it, and the specific reasons that would cause you to change your intent from holding to resale.These types of things happen. 

I was told that I can’t claim home office deduction as an investor.She mentioned that I can only do it if I were a realtor.

And as you would expect, the banks cautioned against quit claiming the property into the LLC once refinanced under a residential mortgage because the mortgage holder could call the note due to a technical change in ownership.