Hi Doug, I’m a newbie investor and I listen to Robin Thompson’s teaching CD’s, she is a rehab queen out of Ocala, FL she recommends independent contractors, electrical, plumbing, painter, roofing etc,  the GC can be contracted for Sheet rock, flooring , dry wall etc, better protection for the investor to ensure timely completion of work with cost over runs

There is no protections or remedies for landlords in Balt City. 

If the deal works with commercial financing I would go the LLC route since that better protects everybody's long term interests.Congrats on getting that first deal!

I requested a Redemption of my funds from fundrise back in January and they won't release them.Here is what they said:Fundrise Advisors, in our capacity as Manager of the eREITs and eFunds, has determined that it is necessary at this time to suspend the processing and fulfillment of redemption requests.While under normal market conditions, we seek to provide investors with the ability to redeem their investments on a regular basis, during times of financial crisis or extreme uncertainty, it is absolutely critical that we suspend redemptions in order to protect the interests of all our investors.As Manager, we have an obligation to make decisions based upon what is best for the entire Fundrise investor community and must always put the priorities of the whole above any one individual.Fundamentally, Fundrise investors own real property, which is simply not liquid. 

With this corona virus scare and potential quarantine it could be a HUGE hit to all real estate agents/investors/ small business owners/employees and everyone else! With this potential quarantine tenants could be out ...

If you are suffering from Analysis Paralysis, it's often not about the deals, but about your confidence.

You would think pieces of history like that would have more protections given to the owners should something like that happen.

I asked this question last week. you have a great tenant.. they suffer income lapse.. you work with them and let them pay what they missed over time.. or do you take the It ain my problem I am no charity stance that is so popular with landlords on BP  :) or at least it was last week when it was easy to say that.being here in Vegas this is a reality..

I guess I'm looking for a little advice from people in this space who may have been suffering from the same decision making process who have much more experience than us.

Please help to clarify  the best approach and how to protect myself without an LLC entity.