I can see why the landlord wants to use their person . . . they probably want to make sure its a quality repair. 

Please feel free to reach out to me directly if you need!

Here’s what I have a funny feeling about.

I feel so helpless in this situation and appreciate your opinion

Together, this structure will protect you personally from lawsuits, as well as keeping your investment properties isolated should legal problems come up down the road.

You will need 20-25% down and a commercial loan for the rest.Most lenders will want to lend to an LLC with you personally guaranteeing the loan.Typically, each MFR would be purchased under its own LLC, for liability purposes.Each LLC would then also need its own bank accounts for collecting rents and paying expenses.

I have personally never heard of the county having any say .. other than I do get calls from (state of Colorado) Tax collector after I purchase something and they want to know why we paid less than market value.. but they contact after the fact..

As someone with basic framing/DIY knowledge, this is something I would feel comfortable tackling over a long weekend and would only cost me around $500 in materials. 

DM me for the person I worked with. 

I don't want to just pay her 5-8% of rental income as I feel like there are some months where she really won't need to work much and I don't want to overpay.