I've recently become incorporated and believe I'm ready to start marketing and searching for deals, but I don't have any relevant funding.

There are other benefits to existing in corporate form, but it will not help you with taxes in this situation."

Not that I have experience in corporate sales, but I would definitely think if you have experience in sales... you're probably over a lot of the humps that people transitioning to full time real estate agent struggle with.

If you're open to sharing more, I'd love to hear how you incorporate new things you've learned.

Of course you can incorporate that into your screening somehow but your basically going to be operating on the honor system.  

The rest comes down to the tile - you usually find some pretty nice porcelain 12x24" tiles for around $2 psqft, or find some cheaper ceramic at a clearance store for perhaps less than $1.The real cost is in the labour, in my market, a tiler would usually charge $700 and up for tiling a shower surround.

The LLC is you, but in corporate form.  

what is the best way to incorporate construction funds to do upgrades within the financing. 

They will need the articles of incorporation and bylaws to show that you are a managing member and are authorized to conduct the transaction.

LolAnd I can tell you with 100% certainty that there are cases where WB lost 100% of his investment, becasue I worked at that company at the time and I was in corporate finance...