There is no asset in the world that one should always buy.

In fact, you should be using an attorney to set this up because it is much more complicated that LegalZoom would have to believe to get the proper asset protection. 

I'll try to dig it up when I'm back at my PC! 

We jumped into a new market and also into a new asset class (mid sized multis) in the last year and it has been great, we have bought a 12/19 and a 32 unit the knowledge I have gained has been amazing. 

The BK court won't let him use the house for collateral, nor does he have any other assets to pledge as security.He's willing to be generous with a fee

I haven't done this yet because I'm not sure if I can get an umbrella policy to cover all my assets especially if I have some in a trust and some in LLC, or if I should just put them all in the trust.

The other issue is low liquidity from debt providers in ABQ for that asset -- they want really stiff terms, have low lending limits.

You can also seek out a 'Qualified Opportunity Fund' which is basically a syndication with the underlying asset being in one of these zones. 

Long story short, we're technically buying at a -7% cap rate but feel comfortable being able to stabilize this asset within 3 years to have it running at around a 9% cap rate (based on our PP) with upside.

In other words you receive a 30% tax credit on the solar system as well as a 30% tax credit at the least on the roof that is under the solar system (full roof 30% depends on the advice of your CPA).Couple that with the roof now becoming a producing asset and offsetting the utility bill instead of a liability and the increase in appraised home value assuming the solar system is not leased then going solar makes a lot of sense at the same time as replacing/repairing a roof.So in short you don't "get a roof if you go solar", but there are certainly advantages to adding solar to a roof replacement.