The value of the house before the fix etc is less than what I'm lending.My question, is it safe to give the loan to an LLC the guy have or should I insist giving the loan directly to the guy?

Then you got a safe place for people to live and know what your up against cost wise .

I used Pentagon Federal Credit Union but Wells Fargo, Bank of the West, Safe Credit Union and Union Bank  will give HELOCs on rental properties.

So I am just starting out, obviously, and want to form my LLC before I get my first deal, just to be safe.

That is a pretty safe bet.  

I always check the court filings for the local municipal and common pleas courts online.

When we bring this system online, it will be another game changer.TrainingLastly, we train constantly as a company. 

There's also a video walkthrough of the apartment, a link to all other apartments that I have available, my weekly schedule for when they can come see the apartment (I do 1 or 2 open houses per week), and a link to my online rental application.Place apartment on the market Prospects either call me (Leave a message on my Google Voice phone number) or I get an email from Zillow, Trulia etc with their contact infoI send the prospect a text message (using text expander) leading them to the webpageThe prospect chooses which open house works for them and will attend (I don't make 1-on-1 appointments).

@Arpan Gurung There are lots of online services that allow you to input an address and find the owner and contact info. 

Usually how it is done is there is a paper map (or online map) for the region published by FEMA, showing the different areas with flood risk designations A, B, etc...and the insurance rates depend on your flood risk assessment.