Also i would suggest paying for there bookkeeper to set it up for you and help you understand how to use it probably will take 3 sessions about 1hr long each. 

If someone does have an NSF, my bookkeeper and I immediately get email letting us know, so we can deal with it.

I would like to hire a bookkeeper to set up QBs for my business.  

As I'm sure you know, your cash flow is often much different than your actual taxable income.So from a bookkeeping perspective, the check is written from the child LLC account and you should code that to an equity account called "Member Draws" or "Member Distributions" or something like that.At the parent level, when you deposit the check, you also hit a balance sheet account.  

Get a bookkeeper or learn to use QuickBooks to keep track of all expenses and keep all expenses separate and accounted for.Like I said, I'm no legal or financial adviser or expert.

That is just more book-keeping for you.

No utilities issues (easier book keeping). 4.

Is the holding company just to make the bookkeeping easier, or does it offer actual asset protection to set it up this way?

Or if they are subsidiary companies that will be filing all on the parent return then yes the same accounts can be used however the bookkeeping must be impeccable.

Take a picture of the receipt and save it in the folder.3) If you decide to work with a bookkeeper, create a cloud based storage system where you can save your monthly statements and receipts to share with him/her.Good luck to being more organized!