I have seen REI Hub recommended on here, but I am unsure of their ability to work with local banks, so if anyone has any experience they can speak of that would be greatly appreciated.  

I would get back to local real estate investor meetups so you can connect with locals to the area and kind of get back in the game slowly that way.

What I wrote above does not create an attorney/client relationship between us.

They do know and want something in place you will have to go back to them to fix, or they're doing their best to go with the client's unrealistic wishes and don't have the guts to tell them that won't work.After dealing with plenty of these, I will tell you what I see works best. 

One of my CFO clients just refinanced 40 of his properties (20 of them are S8) in the Midwest and he cashed out 7 figures!

I've got a CFO client in Kansas City that has a 40+ unit SFR portfolio and is now targeting 5+ MFs.

Hey John,I work with several different property managers, which I refer to for my clients (I'm an investor friendly agent over here).

Keep records of the payment timing to substantiate your reporting if needed.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Failure to meet material participation rules will limit rental losses to offsetting passive income or carrying forward.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Avoid C-Corps, as they incur double taxation.Use LLCs for rentals and consider an S-Corp election for flips if income justifies the additional complexity.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.