While an LLC won't entirely eliminate someone's efforts to find out who is the manager, an LLC will offer asset protection as well.Congrats on your new acquisition.  

I want to give my rehab crew all they need to get the job done but want to protect myself by ensuring the final draw is large enough to motivate getting the project done completely, yet not so large that they have to come back to me for some of it to buy materials.

I want to give my rehab crew all they need to get the job done but want to protect myself by ensuring the final draw is large enough to motivate getting the project done completely, yet not so large that they have to come back to me for some of it to buy materials.

I am aware of the changes coming but I thought that was more to protect people who had negative growth on their assets.

My request is protected under the essential business activities. 

I'll involve a local property attorney if this works out; but I'm thinking the deed should go into a trust vs just being willed to protect myself as the investor.

One question i had after listening to one of the podcasts and reading about the importance of avoiding "breaking the coorperate vale"  is how does one protect their portfolio of rental properties that they've acquired using the house hack/fha loan method? 

This is all about asset protection and keeping your personal assets as safe as possible.

Our responsibility is to do everything in our power not to lose it, even if it means you lose money in a deal to protect theirs. 

From their view, this is 5 rentals that you wholly own - the properties as a separate entities is disregarded, you are essentially moving money from one pocket to the other.If each of these rentals is in it's own LLC and this is for liability protection...