You brought up some legitimate downsides to crowdfunding (it takes time to vet the deals, and that there is in the marketplace online that has experienced a full real estate cycle and a downturn yet).

It also allows them to you rent online for free as well.

For her the best bet might be to form her own LLC and have the two llcs take the property has tenants in common.

The cost is $295 and if they don't reduce your taxes by more than $295, you get back the difference (i.e. there's 0 risk for hiring them and only upside).Seems like a win/win proposition and reviews online look solid.

I have been searching online for some ideas for covering cinder block walls, mostly to help insulate better.

I'm thinking my best bet is to pay them down as much as I can.  

State law requires your LLC to register with this agency upon formation for state tax purposes if your LLC will have employees, will sell goods, or will collect sales tax.[25] You can do this online using the Department of Revenue's website."

Quite a few of our users use a Mac with the online version of our software.

That’d be worth 3-5k to you I bet.

There's a way for you to go ahead and get started now  if you are willing to consider online.