@Julie S.If there is ever a lawsuit you will be the first named because everyone knows landlords are loaded!

I often break it down into the "three pillars" of protecting your assets.The first pillar is avoiding unnecessary and risky activities (don't drink and drive, insurance generally won’t cover your poor decisions) and take good care of your investments - these simple steps will help you prevent lawsuits before they even occur.

If the sellers' interests no longer align, he or she needs to be informed of that and to plan for a dispute, not a closing.If there is a pending or even contemplated divorce the attorney representing OP in connection with the divorce can step in and tell everybody to back off... there will be no closing... bring your lawsuits if you must, but you'll be wasting a year or more watching this shake out.

Perpetrator then sells property (which is not really theirs to sell) to victim. victim does get title insurance but is now in lawsuit with title company to get them to pay and process is in at 8 months so far to date.I asked how this could be done and it was explained that it is not hard to imagine somebody getting on word, creating a deed, executing it with a phony signature and having it notarized, then selling the property with forged deed to victim.So my question to BP Nation is: How do you, me, and others as buyers protect ourselves from this happening?

Get references and do a judgment and law suit search in the community the contractor works.

Fact is if a person is going to be a financial success, it's is not a matter of IF but a matter of WHEN as it pertains to lawsuits, it simply happens, that's life, someone will try to crew you at some point and time, if your doing enough business.   

Many lawsuits involving an issue with the lease or contract signed by this Operating Company would have to list that entity as a party to the law suit rather than the owner of the property.

Hey everyone, I’m looking to see if anyone has experience converting a large detached garage to an ADU Dwelling (in-law suite, granny suite, etc.)

To turn it into a mother-in-law suite you have to pull permits to install plumbing and other services.

How do I set up in a lease, to protect myself (landlord) from tenant putting together a lawsuit against me for property damage during unforeseen circumstance like fires or earthquakes etc. when they didn’t purchase rental insurance?