And it appears that the amount of work is not high enough to hire a full time person.Does anyone have some good best-practice or ideas to show how you manage the work load and staffing for similar scenarios?

It appears to be that their focus might lean more towards collecting money rather than providing substantial support and outcomes.

For instance - is he an outward people person, is he friendly, dress appropriately, appear confident, know what he is talking about, and have the charisma to pitch an idea people might not be familiar with where he builds their confidence in doing a deal?  

The first thing that turned me off was the push of women women women and then her son appears and does most of the training. 

It appears Misty works for Pace.

Most importantly, the registered agent is listed on the documents, so my personal name doesn't appear anywhere and I can't be traced.I registered the LLCs and then filed a Quit Claim Deed to transfer the property from my personal name to the LLC.

Both options appear to be promising.

Looking at other listings, it appears that it is priced well, a little lower than other comparable homes.

The issue you have is that it doesn't appear that you have an investment property if you are letting a family use it rent free.A 1031 exchange requires the property that you are selling to be an investment property.best of luck.

I have tried to find potential syndicators by literally tracking down who bought apartments that I see clearly have new owners... but in each case, to date, the new owner appears to not be open to outside investors (and so far no local outfits), so that's not working out.