Obviously there’s always room for improvements with any company, but they are real people who care about their clients and are invested in your success because when you close deals, they make more money.

Trusting a PM to rehab a property feels like trusting Youtube to raise your kid.

I assume (a risk, I know) that the original poster is referring to conditions at a parcel of real estate and the improvements thereon, and the ownership of the subject real estate is held by a land trust, probably an Illinois land trust (which is a specific type of trust, not one limited to real estate in Illinois or which itself is located in Illinois), and the poster assumed that his ownership interest was sheltered, or his liability limited.Are those assumptions accurate?

That will greatly improve your property's value if you intend to sell it.

Yes, I agree, with AI improving at the rapid rate it is, tools like these will soon be left behind - but for the moment a fair few hosts have really liked them. 

There are you tube videos that walk you step by step. 

The forums and YouTube are full of people offering simple, easy ways to borrow your way to wealth, but that's a fool's errand.

I haven't heard of those companies but some youtube searching can help add some nuance to the thinking.

Any tips on balancing the improvements with your budget?

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.