I would personally rather know I have another months rent for the life of the lease.

I tracked that one down and the lender they were impersonating I called and talked to personally they were shocked to say the least..

Sometimes you can file for bankruptcy for the entity and not have to file a personal bankruptcy. 

Witnessed by Yelp reviews.I personally went through many CPAs. 

p16  "Salzano used this money, much of which was traceable to Fund investors, for an array of lavish personal expenses, including erectile dysfunction medications, expensive dinners, extravagant birthday parties, and payments to Individual-4 (Salzano’s wife), Individual-5 (with whom Salzano had a romantic relationship), and Individual-7 (Salzano’s ex-wife), none of whom worked at NRIA in any capacity."

Get a high lease price or profit sharing, due to the extra wear and tear.Make sure they are licensed and insured and local.Get a personal guarantee outside of their LLC name.

I would personally narrow it down to 2-3 cities and see which city you can build the best team in and then go from there.

I own an investment property in my personal name that I purchased last year, this was done before I started my LLC.

I'd personally recommend a local lender for something like this.

Personally, I use Hospitable as my channel manager and Baselane for all my bookkeeping, banking and tenant/guest related activities.