Our home LLC in ND but it only costs about $100 and a foreign LLC is all our CPA recommended we do.  

A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

But I wanted to collect some recommendations in the meantime. 

If you are new and don't have a clue, then I would certainly recommend them or some company that can guide you through things until you have an understanding. 

Hi Matt, Good luck on your remodel project, I'm going to second John on this one and recommend less is better in this situation.

I believe they were recommended to by a neighbor of one of our partners.

I would recommend talking to many lenders/brokers to see which one has the most experience funding these loan types. 

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

Would you recommend we keep the house or sell it?  

I’d love any recommendations you might have.Looking forward to your insights, and thanks again!