Hi Brady, I was sort of in your shoes a year ago!

Unsuspecting users may want to then use your services based on a false premise.2.

Your experience is unremarkable.

Hey @Michael Pithium, If your goal is flipping, I would go right into that.

Have you offered acceptance of your initial capital bank in return for a release and waived rights to the accrued interest? 

I have no guidance for you specific state, maybe you'll get lucky with someone on here but you may want to start posting in your local FB forums or head to the local meetups to find someone. 

If you know the Denver area well, I’d love your opinion on the results -- I certainly need it.

@Zhenyang Jin A DBA is generally not necessary for your LLC in California unless you plan to operate under a name different from the LLC’s legal name. 

Looking at new builds (brand new or recent), vetted for major repairs (there will be none presumably, some have a builders' warranty), that I will potentially own for 10-ish years. 

Making the basement a legal unit is costly but can be done as an ADU depending on your exact location (ADU zone maps are on City of Chicago site).