@Alan Lambkin , check your management agreement for spending authorization limits.  

That said, your list is very comprehensive and an investor will want to know YOU are thinking about all of these things.

TIP: You can get plenty of photos to use from your local chamber of commerce and area tourism authority.

You can technically do SEO yourself, just by creating some high quality inbound links from authority sites and having high quality articles / content both on your site and off your site.That is why you can find people to do "SEO" on fiverr all the way up to someone on elance.com who charges $50/hour.  

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I'm looking for a comprehensive checklist of things to consider when getting ready to make an offer.  

I did obtain a POA and Authorization to Release Info from the Seller and had those docs on file with the bank so they could talk to me about the account. 

Go through a comprehensive checklist of everything to look for and potential costs?

Conducting business in the name of the LLC will not give you any more or less authority to write-off certain expenses and take certain deductions.To answer your questions:1) Yes but see my statement above.2) It is tough to say whether you can offset your commission income with prior passive losses as it depends on whether or not you materially participated in the rental activities of your LLC.The first level of participation is simply "passive" participation.

Alternatively, maybe rent it to that kind of organization with authorization to sub lease it, and you donate the lease amount to them to cover it.I am not a lawyer, nor have I consulted a lawyer about this, these are just my thoughts early on in the process like you.