They are completely separate skill sets and usually have completely separate legal hurdles to jump.Setting up the phases for financing and your exit strategy will be paramount. 

Am I allowed to just have them wire me the money to a separate bank account (intended exclusively for funding deals like this) or is it better to create an LLC with a new bank account?

If the owners don't treat it as a corp, you also lose the protection it affords.Tax purposes and entity type are separate.

That shows the broker you are thinking about the deals seriously and separates you from people who are just playing around at real estate investment.Learn how to underwrite properties, get the financials, do your underwriting, and talk to brokers about your thoughts.  

I am currently not doing SEO with my web developer, we have outsourced this to a separate company. 

And I have 29 properties so they know how to separate loans in a corporation vs loans in your personal name to still qualify you.

You definitely can depreciate other items faster LuAnn if there is a way for you to break out the costs for these items separately from the structure.  

@Larry Turowski Larry, the LLC members actually invest in a separate LLC that actually owns the property.  

You probably don't need to start forming any LLCs until you actually have some property, but it is best to form a separate LLC for each property and then form a separate LLC for your holding company.

You may want to run the different scenarios by a CPA first, but I think if you file your taxes as married filing separately then you can apply the gains on your return.