Several of my STR investor clients here in Colorado have used a designer, and they generally pick a few statement pieces that they spend money on and then go with FB marketplace  or even IKEA for smaller items. 

Am I able to just form an LLC, designate it's purpose as a QOZ Fund and then fund it with my own money to buy some land?  

A full adult lifetime ahead.   

What you want to steer clear of is the design firms types that will tell you that not only will it be expensive but take a ton of time.

(In MOST cases) With permitted work, you are required to file an affadavit that the value of the work being done to a FEMA designated Flood Zone property is not worth more than 50% of the assessed value of the home.

Do we want every phone call going to a designated person and they can contact our handyman etc - OR - do we want to continue taking these calls?

Make a Rolodex of them for later.2 - Complete your design plan - i.e. take measurements and come up with a plan. 

The problem was completely operator error on my part and website design on theirs.

We totally get away with the smallest machines because our STRs are designed for a maximum of 2 people.

I formed a partnership with my favorite people (my parents and my two adult children).