I want to create entities to protect my personal assets from consequences of the real estate business.

It protects the buyer so they know they have a max out of pocket of $15k.  

They use escape clauses to protect themselves, not thinking about the distressed seller who at the end of the day will most likely be in a worse place if the sale doesn’t complete.This isn’t all wholesalers, but this is a lot of them, especially new ones with no money. 

In almost every state, your personal residence is protected from creditors.

Agents do a lot of work for free on the front end so the "Exclusive" just protects them from investing their time in a client who then buys something without them either going directly to the seller or using a different agent.

So, I figured I'd get a dog to protect the place.

If its protection your looking for the LLC wont really matter. 

Is the only thing I can do to protect us is to take it to a lawyer and let them handle it?

Without knowing the umbrella details, it'll help protect one property from an event on the other, your properties from an auto issue, and vice-versa.

You may also want to be sure you are conferring with attorneys in those states for asset protection reasons, should you be so inclined.Nathaniel Busch, CPA