The CPA can advise on a business setup, the real estate lawyer can represent you in the transaction.

All of them have  Residential loan products for investment properties.  15, 20, and 30 year mortgages.You can also try on-line Lenders like LendingTree or Quicken Loans.

That's only ~17% equity, which in most cases seems to be not enough to obtain either of these products.

Does the 10 month timeline include plan production and plan check?

Buy it off like a regular purchase, and/or modified wholesale transaction with a very long selling time.

Try asking him/her to be your agent on the transaction.

Each transaction is a separate LLC to accommodate varying investors.You can PM me if you'd like more info. 

I've seen a 2007 build property that runs on 35% expenses ration and a 70's product that runs closer to 50% In an ABP property you would run closer to 65% expenses. 

If you intend to do a reno, then an appraisal won't matter much since your end profit will be reliant upon your finished product.

Therefor you can find great cash-flow for less capital and lower competition from owner-occupants/flippers.Lesson to be learned is getting feet on the ground in those neighborhoods to understand the differences in product type and highest/best use.