I'd recommend a private lender since you have an LLC and good credit.

I recommend reading “Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties” - I found it to be very helpful when I got started investing 2.5 years ago.

How would you recommend, or what resources would you refer for us to properly figure out how we spend our time and appropriately get compensated for it?

I can definitely provide a recommendation.

Recommend you have a great understanding of the answers to these questions before thinking about a lawsuit.You'll also want to use these questions as discussion points with any new PMC you interview.If you post the address, everyone here will be able to give you more feedback about the quality of the listing and perhaps more insights.

Can anyone recommend a PM, specifically that work on the west side of Cincy?

Make sure to communicate your BRRRR strategy with your insurance agent so they can recommend the right coverage for each phase.I learned this lesson the hard way: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/853/topics/1222933-my-b...

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

We would never recommend that for our clients.

Our kids are really young, we would like to put the LLCs in a trust to avoid probate, what do you guys recommend?