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.

Until you know what you're doing TK is safer, providing you avoid the cowboys of course.

Also,  if there any tips someone has to getting started investing in the DC area from people I should connect with and things to avoid.

Oh yea avoid Salisbury.  

Just this month we closed on a second comparable condo, with 20% down to avoid mortgage insurance.Here's my big question:Should we now pay our future savings toward paying down the remaining 80% asap, or should I continue on toward a third condo with another 20% down, immediately renting it out and covering the mortgage payment, so on so forth... 

Right now, I've been focusing more on the wholesaling aspect of REI. 

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 you haven't signed the new agreement, it is unenforceable and you will still be under the old agreement.Keep in mind that you can't live in the home and continue avoiding the Landlord or refusing to sign the new agreement.

Clearly this defeats the purpose of having the LLC in the first place.Does anyone have any creative methods to avoid the extra costs of transfer taxes over the years when wanting to refinance property held in a business entity?

Avoid section 8 tenants unless they are elderly and sober.