If you and your partner do not already have existing Canadian corporations, you might consider holding {separate} series of shares in this company directly.South of the 49th, there is no reason you cannot use an LLC, provided it elects to be taxed as a corporation.  

I usually provide a cheap TV from Costco ($200-400).

Most movies and TV shows have overtones where the "evil capitalists" are the bad guys, our youth grow up with this narrative. 

Jefferson Park is a hot area for people in the film/tv industry, so I would think it could do well. 

I am interested in setting up a Series LLC that will hold property in both OH and NC.

I concur that the popular flipping TV shows do a great disservice to the average real estate investor.

If you follow these steps in a series of weeks and do this every single day, you're going to be amazed at how many deals you uncover.

Is an LLC or a series LLC necessary to have if I grow?

After two renovations in other properties, I sold my own apartment in 2007 through an incredibly complicated series of contractual maneuvers designed to skirt EU  banking regulations, and the bank was as in on it as the buyer was. 

I wouldn't doubt that it is "real" in that the ad revenue from the TV show makes deals work that would otherwise be unworkable.