It took us a long time to get the property back to where it is performing near where it should be.  

The Nine states with a true Series LLC statue are; Delaware, Iowa, Nevada, Utah, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, and now Kansas (Yeppie :) Here is an interesting Article about NC recognizing legal internal/external structure from a Series LLC from NV: Sounds to me like one could hold assets in one the Mother I'll call "9" business friendly states, operate a series (or property) in NC, depending on how the operation is structurally performed end up under 9 or NC law in a landlord-tenant or flip limited liability suite, foreclosure, or charging order.

We pay our cleaners by the job as well, but we've had to fire many a housekeeper for poor performance.

When it comes to residential (1-4 units) and small multi-family (5-10) we typically purchase distressed properties and perform a deep energy retrofit, with the result being units which operate 40 - 75% more energy efficient following the retrofit.While this does not necessarily increase the rent we can command, it has proved to decrease our turnover and vacancy - tenants stay longer and, when they leave, we often have word-of-mouth applicants before the unit becomes vacant ... just last month we had 5 inquiries and 3-applicants on a property we had yet to advertise.

But to answer those, I would have to put up a performance and payment bonds from surety agency, not the $12,500 that contractors need to put up when they get the license, what i meant is 100% of the rehab cost, that way, if contractor doesn't perform, you could hire a different contractor and i pay for whatever is rehab cost in the contract. thats an agreement between the owner of the house and contractor.

You would hold title as "So and So Trustee FBO @Brent Mattison "  There are specific rules about comingling funds and performing services on your own property, but worth looking into.

Get all insured, perform good management and let it ride.Now, your future investments you may want an LLC, cross that bridge when you get there.

It's one of my better performers with a great tenant and a great house.

We perform due diligence on each project prior to placing them on the platform. 

The landlord &/or his employees are not allowed to do the move out, it must be performed by the court approved movers.