Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

You can learn more here:  IRA LLCYou are a disqualified party to your retirement account so you cannot transfer any assets you personally own or a company of yours owns into your retirement account.  

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

The Air Force has looked at contracting temp housing from the oil companies.

They would hire a company to do Phase 1, PCAs, ALTA assessments and the like. 

Someone that gets it blasted across all the rental sites, knows how much rent to charge, gets professional pictures, placed, posts good print copy, and answers the phone/emails when they come in.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Must be in the law somewhere, as most title companies will not issue title insurance for 2 years, even on the non-homesteaded properties. 

I’m envisioning a platform with a rolodex of such professionals that get connected with tenant

All of that can be taken care of when incorporating the company, there is are many ways to do this send me a private message I'm happy to help point you in the right direction.