Love the idea of helping out a first time buyer, may run into trouble if she's not the primary resident, check w/ lender but I don't think that'll fly w/o more of a down payment.

Not as walkable, however, as some of the neighborhoods that you have referenced here.  

Fast forward 5 years later and the value of this house has gone up 250%.

Quote from @Dennis Knapp: they got ahold of me on fb through one of my groups and claim to be a direct lender. they seem to good to be true.

Outside of that, my suggestion is to do something really hard and/or interesting.

If you want another layer of protection get an umbrella policy.You don't want to trigger the due on sale clause for a likely low interest mortgage.Also if you aren't operating your LLC 100% you likely only have a false sense of security. 

The client retained the services of a well known attorney who has a great record of winning these types of cases. 

When I was stationed in Northern VA, high costs had me stuck until I sold my Corvette to meet my DTI ratio and get a condo using my VA Jumbo LOan—one of my best investments.

I own a commercial building where I use half of the building for my team and the other half is office spaces rented to businesses.

Get out of your comfort zone.