Most banks tell me i need to purchase the property under my name and not under a LLC was wondering if i opened a series LLC how can i incorporate it from liability protection and taxes?

The reality is the opposite - if it's not in writing then the PMC doesn't have to provide the service or can charge extra for it.We have a 12 page management contract that we've added our real experiences to over the years, with the intent of protecting both us AND the landlord.

But within that 5 year period if rates go up its not like your banker can call you in and say hey we need to raise that rate, your locked in for your term.So in summary, you are not putting yourself out there to end up with a 15% rate, there are many terms within the loan to protect you. 

The best (and least time-consuming) sources for us have been cold-calling & email campaigns.

Welcome to BP and to real estate investing.Real estate is an amazing machine for building wealth, and can be used for protecting wealth, insulating from risk and gaining tax benefits, throughout the years.

As you consume all the information through books, forums, podcasts, etc, start figuring out how hands-on you’d like to be, and the type of returns you want to see.

If you start with a low number it is easier and less time consuming to add more in the bigger you get verse the other way around, and with the software, it's easier to cut out all the kicks with lease or drop one software company for another if you find it not user friendly when you have a small number.  

Or is it an attempt to protect IRA owners from themselves by preventing them from taking larger "risks" on private equity?

Most of them are written on a “personal” policy to where it’s in your name and then we name the LLC as an additional named insured in the policy to protect the LLC for liability as well as the property.

We do that as a "Utility Offset" in order to protect our owners from extremely high utility bills when there are more than the normal guest count.Hot tubs can be incredibly valuable!