So you could be shooting yourself in the foot with a Pic--you never know.I just can't see a photo being any benefit to a buy/sell situation--A good strong offer and the ability to close is what it takes.It may or may not be legal, but your agent doesn't seem to want to open any can of worms with it--(err's on cautious side).Just my 2 cents.

The good thing about this property is its insulated so well that everyone gets some benefit of the others heating/cooling.

Most of the benefit comes in the sign up bonus.

Crowdfunding makes real estate easily accessible, however, in regard to institutional/syndicated real estate investments, the advice of an expert who works in the industry every day, knows all the players and their track records, and performs due diligence on each offering is a great benefit to you and comes to you at no cost.

She will need to apply for all these benefits, but someone can help her.

There are benefits. 

Another added benefit to using a local lender is beginning to build a relationship.  

What would the benefit of putting any money down be if the VA loan allows me to put 0 down?

I do have an LLC formed and set up, and I guess I’m just a bit confused on the best way to go about setting things up in order to maximize tax benefits, right offs, and other things such as that.

That's a very satisfying result - we have also personally benefitted from the fantastic growth in Richmond.