There are different paths to follow depending upon the type of lending you wish to undertake.

This would reduce filing fees and the amount of effort you need to undertake to maintain corporate formalities to retain any protection from those entities. 

I've considered trying to buy and flip the properties myself as they would have good profit but I'm afraid to undertake that as I'm more of a buy and hold investor and after the Reno cost these would be under water for rentals.

I also use VA's for our marketing, managing our social media pages, creating graphics, ads, etc.

Why undertake a real estate deal that requires your participation for a yield that, if you are super fortunate and diligent, would likely return half of that yield?

This will be further complicated because you do not want to look into anything within the city of Baltimore (which is where properties of this price point will be most common) The graphic below shows the median home values of Baltimore and surround incorporated cities. 

I realize this would likely be a full gut and a huge undertaking for a newbie but the upside potential got my gears turning. 

Have they shown you their marketing plan for your property, with dates and sequence of activities that they are undertaking to get your property sold quickly?

My daughter is a senior graphic design major who excels at business logo design.

How many projects is your company currently undertaking?