I have over 50k for renovations if need be and I have private funding for the purchase.

Go ahead and state who you're working with, this sounds eerily similar to something we've heard on this forums over & over.Josh Janus, since you asked.Yesterday I sent Josh the link to Lolo Druff's post and my reply so the two of them can connect privately. 

That said, $8k is a big nut so I'm really not quite sure if I will go with a private consultant on an hourly basis or go with them or some other form of coaching.  

Because I agree I want to keep annual costs down.If a WY LLC buys a property all cash there is no public record with your name on it, the manager/member remain private. 

I can't speak to that myself, it's not my specialty but I think that would be one of your biggest concerns is their permit processes. 

From my perspective on the private lending side (bridge loans, 30-year DSCR, etc.)

And the self-showings, Zillow just did the biggest beta test of this, and it failed epically. unless loosing tens of millions is the goal, if that's the goal than they hit it out of the park. 

Private financing where an investor can get a loan from an individual rather than a conventional loan because you can get more leverage and have more room to negotiate

I would imagine it ended with him making no money as this sounds like the biggest steaming pile of poop I have ever heard of.

As mentioned your biggest challenge is going to be selling the package at/close to same time.