My top tip is to first determine which strategy you want to pursue.

I'm not looking for "get rich quick", but rather pursuing an area to allow livable income now while investing for the future.

One last question: Would it be wiser for me to pursue funding options personally and then fund my LLC, or would it be better to seek funding options via the LLC? 

You can pursue any of the options you mentioned, or even all three.

I don't know if you mentioned anything about your current career or if you would have a job lined up upon moving out to Colorado to pursue your house hacking dream. 

Considering how much I enjoy meeting new people and communicating, the STR approach has been successful and enjoyable Now we are pursuing our second investment property and are considering a property which needs some TLC and has large value added potential, considering that its in a prime location on the oceanfront.

It is NOT in any way shape or form a responsibility of seller(s) and there representatives to ASSIST a person to facilitate there position or desires in pursuing purchase actions. 

I'm being suggested to use my insurance to get the repairs done.Question: Do I have enough here to pursue a legal route?

I can't decide if I want to pursue a lawsuit for them to turn water back on (and possibly lose) or if I want to eat the money for several months and hope there's water below me.

But, naive instagram followers sometimes send hundreds of millions in cumulative investment dollars to these social media personalities, allowing them to buy their beach/mountain homes just with the acquisition fees. 3) Ability to make lopsided bets that can't result in losses for the syndicator (only their LPs): Because of the naivete of their investors and lopsided power dynamic, the syndicator can pursue strategies that give them the ability to make lopsided bets that ensure generational wealth for their family (their LP investors take all the risk).