I've been a member for over a year and normally attend two to three meetings a month.

I paid a little more than I normally would on a couple of those deals just to add some really nice houses and continue to grow. 

But if you are operating your property through the normal course of affairs and someone is injured on your property because, say, your handyman does a bad job shoveling the snow in front of your apartment, it will be very hard for anyone to successfully argue that this happened in your personal capacity if you own the property through some corporate entity like an LLC.

These numbers may seem like a stretch, but it actually pretty accurately reflects the types of deals I'm looking at on a normal basis.My complete exit strategy is to refinance, then rent out and hold for long term.I appreciate any input and guidance. 

I then asked if there was a way I could get a list of current probate cases and I was told that they can't do that and that they don't usually do that.Is this normal?  

In these states, it's normally easy to tell which spouse owns what.

Other areas it's not normal to have a garage and could bring a premium.  

That would mean I wouldn't normally use this method.

You will have to have them pumped about every 5-7 years normally.

The median home price is around $275-280k, but materials and labor for rehabs are much higher than "normal" (a good price on a shower install is $4,500-5,000 and it can cost up to $1,000 for a simple window install).I kind of feel like if I'm going to raise the money to buy the property in the first place and go to the trouble of taking title, I might as well just do the whole project.