They have lessons to go through and weekly calls to join as well plus one on one with Brian. 

The main factor is will rents cover the debt liability and can you sustain 3-4 months of no income to cover the debt? 

The brokerage house can lend on margin for securities they hold. 

Then listen to any podcast that talks about this (which is a lot of them).Are you looking to hold on to these as rentals?

He had insurance on the S-Corp for one million and none for himself.

And very few take me up on it..

Instead, shut off the water to the toilet and place a sign on the door "Art exhibit: Non-functioning bathroom."

Sounds like you need an agent and/or contractor based on your strategy. 

We plan on creating an llc.

I would look at it in terms of whether you can afford a worst case scenario where you're covering the deductible and have a credit line or cash to front the re-build cost and getting reimbursed from insurance afterwards.