Keeping a loan on a property is one way to reduce the risk of lawsuits.

I just had a totally baseless lawsuit dropped a couple of weeks ago and I've been contacted in the last couple of years by two other scumbag contingency lawyers about other frivilous suits.I probably would not put up a fence.

if you do, will you be personally liable if anything happens - what will be your protection against frivolous law suits and the like?

You still have management, maintenance, advertising, office supplies, legal fees, eviction expenses, utility expenses (at least during vacancies), damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, lawsuits, etc, etc, etc, in addition to the expenses Will listed.

This month, Thompson paid more for that -- and for other problems at Wachovia -- with his job.Countrywide also faces many lawsuits over its falling stock price, and litigation accusing it of abusing the bankruptcy or foreclosure processes.

that sounds like class lawsuit layer-talk.

(The income tax is in violation of Washington State law, and will embroil Seattle in lawsuits for the next decade, but that does not concern Ms Sawant.)  

Quiet Title Lawsuit, if uncontested and no additional problems maybe 4-6 months and $2,000. 

For those with assets sufficient to make them a target for lawsuits, umbrella insurance is the answer.""

I'm not actually asking you, just saying this might be the basis of a lawsuit.