Today I simply go in on these with other investors as part of a passive real estate investment club, where each person invests $5K at a time and we vet new deals together each month.

Myself, significant other, and my close friend/business partner have been renovating his personal residence for the past few months with the intention of renting it soon.

If the person performing snow removal services is an employee of the snow removal company then that company should maintain workers comp insurance.

From my personal experience, each lender has its strengths and weaknesses.

personal finances and mortgage with local lender How did you add value to the deal?

Wondering what, if anything, I could do to spruce up the place to make it more attractive to a potential tenant OR if there are ideas of what I could personally do to it that would create some nice cash flow for me (co-working spaces, etc.).

Any contacts of a good reliable person in the area - would like to set up a relationship with them and keep them in my list of contacts for future work.  

Do you think if the grant deed showing the transfer from the personal name to the LLC would work? 

The LLC protects your personal assets from liability of your business.

The business is not for sale yet, I just know owner would not deny the offer if I put it on the table but I want to be sure.