Your LLC can be taxed as a sole proprietor and for the LLC to do as intended ("Limit" your "Liability") you must completely separate personal and business expenses, credit card, bank accounts etc etc and obtaining bank financing may be impacted.

He is what to do:1. make sure you only enter into a lease with the Best Credit tenants. 

I have a duplex in a quiet neighborhood and have a prospective tenant who sounds very responsible, has good credit and income.  

We have excellent credit and no debt except for our 2 mortgages.

*Provide information about rental rates and other terms and conditions of the rental, as set out in a schedule provided by the owner, and*Accept deposits, fees for credit checks, and other administrative duties, security deposits, and rent*Provide preprinted rental applications and respond to applicants’ inquiries about the application*Show rental units to prospective tenantsAs you can see, a non-licensed, non-resident manager is limited to performing rather routine tasks that don’t call for initiative or decision making.For instance, this manager would not be qualified to negotiate a lease (4), deal with late rents or other violations of the rental agreement or lease (5), or appear in court on your behalf (6).(1) My property manager does NOT live on any of the owners properties.(2) My property manager is unlicensed.(3) My property manager supervises 10 different properties.(4) My property manager has negotiated leases for 12 years without a license.(5) My property manager has dealt with late rents and violations.(6) Unknown

Generally, this means commercial properties with very good credit-worthy tenants signed on a very long term lease. 

What is a fair/typical % to apply as credit toward purchase price?

When you partner with someone, the money they put into the property isn’t counted against you as debt on your credit score which can have a negative effect on your ability to get loans etc. that is one of the benefits of partnering with others.

They have your money, and unless you acted fraudulently or outside the contract terms, there’s nothing else they can/will do.

The gap is usually due to a few % taken by their affiliate company for the credit card clearance.