Most hard money loans are personally guaranteed, which means you will take the loan out in your LLC, buy you will qualify with your personal credit. 

And second, I am thinking of creating a contract that lays out the details of the amount of equity I earn on the property before we close on the property but is there also a way of putting my name on the deed at closing that would act like a second guarantee that I earn partial ownership of the property via sweat equity?  

There's no guarantee that your budget will stay the same in the end as it did in the beginning or that the quoted price will be the final cost of the work.

It's almost guaranteed to look better, require less maintenance, and last longer than carpet tiles.

Looking to re-invest, and was hoping to snag something in the Bay Area because it's always been prime, and appreciation (in most areas in the peninsula) was almost guaranteed. 

I'm not aware of any court that guarantees title. 

Both, however, there is no guarantee there will be appreciation even though over the last 10 years prices have tripled or much more in all of the Cleveland markets.  

Partner #1 funds 100% guarantees loans and handles all the bookkeeping.   

Get a lender, enter into contract, close escrow, enjoy your new home. if you have less than 30 days, you would need the seller's cooperation to contact the foreclosing entity to see if they will postpone to give you time to close the deal. it's not guaranteed and the lender is under no obligation to do so but if everyone wins (seller sells, lender gets paid off in full, you get a home), most lenders will provide a small window of time to get it done.

Before buyers agent commissions were guaranteed by the MLS.