I realize that if you are going to hold rentals that obviously you do not want to do it in your name and you want to have those rentals in an LLC or series LLC or a DST.  

Each state has different structures that offer different levels of protection - I recommend you check out this book, it's a great resource on the topic: Rich Dad Advisor's Series: Own Your Own Corporation by Garrett Sutton3) Are you looking to get finance or pay cash?

I can imagine that many would charge for an series of bids when most of the bids resulted in no potential for a job because the client did not own the property and did not purchase the property.On the other hand, the guy should have told you up front about the charge. 

Wyoming also has a series LLC now.

We will try to buy the materials, and then do a series of draws. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Is it a new BMW 5 series?

A series of communication requesting info to be filled out, security deposit to be taken. 

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

I do have a series of emails I send out to my database on the steps to put large apartment deals together.