It is easiest to keep it in your personal name until you complete the refi. it may work in your market.. but in many states its ILLEGAL for HML to loan to someone in their personal name.. this is why you see this.. or its murky these states allow these lenders to do these loans without a license if they are commerical purpose to a corporation.. this is why you see that requirement for most HML.. 

However, it only protects you from one type of liability: accidents.After that you want to compartmentalize your assets, which is often accomplished through the use of LLCs or corporations.

Will depend on several factors like the type of property, type of tenants, your risk tolerance, other assets you own, your estate planning, laws where the property is located, etc.Any lawsuits would be limited to the assets of the LLC and not your personal assets (assuming you run the LLC appropriately and the corporate veil is not pierced).

If that's the case and something were to happen, I think a strong case can be made to pierce the corporate veil, because it appears that the LLC is being used merely as a shell company to shield me from personal liability.

I have been heavily researching starting a real estate portfolio and was hoping to get some advice/feedback on my plan.I am 23 years old, have a salaried job in corporate finance, 750 Credit and recently moved to Michigan.

Do you call their corporate office? 

We buy properties in various states and sell to people in different states and even countries, though we are located in CA. Obviously, CA isn't very business friendly, so I've heard other investors incorporate in Neva...

I am employing some of his methods in the corporate rental market but we'll see.

For instance, like when a small business owner will let the crazy cat guy post a flyer of his missing cat on the front door without a second thought while conversely, the big corporate stores have thought-out and decided-on policies and protocols against such small community interactions/sentiments...found that out this week.

I don't see many types of 30 year fixed corporate loans when I type that in google.