It's not a guarantee that you'll not be sued, but it makes the target on your back smaller, more difficult to find (if complementing with trusts), unappealing and expensive to sue, and contained and difficult to collect in case you lose.Another perspective would be to apply the "Asspro rule of 2%" (© Costin 2018) - the cost of setting up and maintaining your asset protection should be less than 2% of equity you are trying to protect.

Scaling is all about perspective.

Anything 2-4 units, from a financing perspective is considered single family and comps are used to assess value.   

It's soothing to think about it from that perspective. 

We regularly meet with potential venture capital investors in our co-working space, but that's the expectation for technology startups.From our perspective, we can't afford the "chains" associated with a long-term office lease and would rather pay more  "per square foot" to retain the flexibility to grow or contract quickly.

I don't mean digging into this with the tenant directly, by the way, just thinking about it from their perspective and about the dynamics of your reps and vendors.

On the one hand I try to do my best to put myself in their shoes and see things from their perspective, but on the other hand I look at things very practically.

Feel free to ask as much as you need help with from the end user perspective....

My perspective is that MA is a good place to start investing, especially if you are local.

You will still have a $50K - $60K house from the lender's perspective with no way to pull your investment out.