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I wrote the general approach I come at asset protection in my article "5 Pillars of Asset Protection," so you can check that out for more of a high-level approach to asset protection.The second two questions are more based on how you want to approach investing - and generally I would encourage people to just imagine and compare the best-case-scenario versus the worst-case-scenario.

This article does a pretty good job of explaining who qualifies and who doesn’t.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/19/irs-expands-eligibility-to-take-coronavirus-related-withdrawal-from-retirement-savings.htmlI hope that helps.

I seem to remember seeing an article on this exact subject that I think you can read HERE. 

Another newbie question...So I read this article ... https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/pre-approval-vs-pre-qualifyingI understand that pre-approval is key to make sure you secure the house you really want if it comes onto the market, because surely other people will want it to. 

I would avoid any mention of a protected class (Stating "open to rent to females" is discrimination because you are specifying you are only open to rent to females).There is a very good article on PB regarding this as well that touches on this.

This means that you will need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property.This article goes into a lot of the considerations about whether to form an LLC or not: https://www.mmpph.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/May-2019-newsletter.pdfBe sure to tell your accountant that you now need to file non-resident income tax returns in each state where you own property as well.

@Ann Bellamy thank you for referring me to your article on the subject.

Here is an interesting article that I found on NAA.com. 

Here is an article about using Alexa devices in your vacation rental.https://www.hostfully.com/blog...