It’s good the person is alive and well. 

Again just personal preference ..

I personally use a service for all my LLCs I use a company called Prime Corporate services and have a holding company with all my LLCS under them.

The easiest way to do that is to be honest with yourself about your goals, risk tolerance, personal bandwidth and capital. 

House hacking will also give you some personal "property management" experience.

Overall, he seems to want to do a basic cost seg for me on the FF&E and Capital Improvements and leave the original basis of the property on the conventional depreciation schedule.I would love some feedback, personal experience, thoughts on this matter.

I'm personally a broker and investor doing a lot of work in Davidson county and seeing some good results.

If you ask the right questions and carry on a 'landlord to landlord' conversation you will get the information you need to decide whether they will be a good fit for you or not. 

Matt Ollis is the person to speak with.

As a bonus, you can use it for your personal record keeping as well.