Does anyone have any connections in the Cleveland Ohio (specifically around the Cleveland Clinic) area with regards to realtors, contractors and management companies? 

The contractors I've hired have not been reliable.

I understand the pros and cons in general of LLCs.  

What a lot of people think:Bonus depreciation is only for new properties or acquisitions.The truth:You can retroactively apply bonus depreciation to property placed in service after September 27, 2017, when the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed changing various rules.The IRS allows you to claim missed depreciation deductions by adjusting your current year's tax return, without needing to amend the previous year's returns.This is typically done through a change in accounting method using IRS Form 3115.

Are we approach close over the next month, and in the time after, what are some best practices for us to consider?

Your best investment is in yourself.Consider going to college or learning a trade.Use the funds to invest in something that does not require much time so you can focus on learning.If you do decide to get into real estate, you may want to consider doing a house-hack.It will give you a place to live(potentially saving you a few hundred dollars from paying rent and also giving you training wheels for being a landlord).

You could actually do this on your own by going through your Secretary of State website that would save you alot of money and am sure the EIN if free on IRS site too 

It showed the upward trajectory in Ogden to be among the most deviated in the country from historic market data.At the time, I thought this to be an interesting and coincidental statistic because Ogden's upward prices were a function of the entire Utah trend and the laws of conformity. 

Some would consider warehouses to be the backbone of today’s supply chain.

I like the cash option.