You can technically do SEO yourself, just by creating some high quality inbound links from authority sites and having high quality articles / content both on your site and off your site.That is why you can find people to do "SEO" on fiverr all the way up to someone on elance.com who charges $50/hour.  

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We look for people with all cash and proof it is sitting in their bank account  OR if they are getting finance still cash and some down.If we bring a non-credible buyer to a seller we will never get business from them again.Hope it helps. 

But still, you need credibility and having actually gotten past the county commission vote to amend the zoning, give you the permits will show you might have the juice to get this difficult task done. 

I think it gives him credibility to help us find good investments; he really knows about investing.

@Bryan Chambers Welcome to Bigger Pockets, understand that the more you get involved in the community forums the better credibility you are going to build.This will lead to finding better deals, once you build trust.Cheers.

I did obtain a POA and Authorization to Release Info from the Seller and had those docs on file with the bank so they could talk to me about the account. 

Conducting business in the name of the LLC will not give you any more or less authority to write-off certain expenses and take certain deductions.To answer your questions:1) Yes but see my statement above.2) It is tough to say whether you can offset your commission income with prior passive losses as it depends on whether or not you materially participated in the rental activities of your LLC.The first level of participation is simply "passive" participation.

I would recommend looking into small multifamilies near you in NH to get some experience for both your own benefit and to bring more credibility to the table when you try to get a syndicate together for a big deal.

I usually do my own rehabs with subcontractor but in this case i am trying a General contractor with good credibility.