So a form of defensive investing for a bad time would be to 1031 and purchase two properties - purchase one for cash and purchase one with maximum leverage. 

This should addrss any asset protection issue, if one or both are properly maintained, best defense is insurance.To know if you need an LLC, consult your attorney and accountant, it will provide benefits for expenses instead of showing your personal computer isn't used exclusively for business, unless you have a real business, better to defend deductions IMO.

There was nothing but great information and speakers at that conference.

There is another aspect and that is the defense of claims.

It seems like a hotel conference room would work well, but I have no experience organizing something like this.I am proposing that people send me their email in a colleague request, and I will setup the meetup.com group and email everyone link invites.

Event based operations often have housing needs in the months leading up to large conventions/conferences. 

Mathew, I have attended one of the conferences recently, and have been researching their group for the past 12 months.

QM loans have a presumption that the borrower has the ability to repay and thus it is difficult for them to use that as a defense to foreclosure.  

You may be incurring a great deal of other expenses that are weighing it down such as conferences & Memberships etc.Looks like you're in the Pensacola area.

If he regularly goes outside of them, then he can not raise them as a defense when needed.2.