@Will Glaeser  I think it would be easiest to build experience and a track record of success in Area A and then transfer the experience and track to Area B to continue to grow your business. 

Dogtown was slowly emptying with no businesses filling in the empty spaces where others had vacated (lumber yard, construction office, etc.). 

As mentioned, unless you have a long successful track record the bank is going to require you to personally guarantee a loan to your LLC and it will very likely take into account your own personal financial situation.

As for the zoning references above, contact your local county's planning and development or zoning office to discuss what their process for finding out the zoning and then possibly changing the zoning on a location you are looking to buy.

If it takes you 5 minutes per month to keep that tenant on track, is it really worth turning over the unit?

We have a signed contract on a rental office building, closing is scheduled for April 2nd 2018, is it too late to look into 1031 Exchange ?

The second time I did this, I didn't discount rent at all, but instead I would take x amount of dollars off rent for everytime they performed one of these services, which they had to track and report to me. 

If you don't know what you'd like 5 years out then people are going to be proposing a lot of possibilities that won't have ground to take root in.The fact also stands that, without W-2 income, financing can be very hard without a lot of cash or a proven track record in real estate.

I am in need of a seasoned/experienced accountant to guide me in the process and also that could help me clean up my books to better track where all my money is going.

That being said, of course I never even bothered stepping foot in a bank or mortgage office with my deals...LOL.