It was organized as an LLC, a limited liability company.

I suggest you rethink two parts of your plan:1- limiting your search to local experts.

It was a true trade-off as the Logan area is more limited in STRs and new builds so ADRs are higher and likely to stay there compared to RRG where the market is headed towards being flooded and there's the potential of ADRs going down like in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area. 

This house is inside the city limits so we have to pull permits on everything....

I would try to limit the SF to about 1100-1300 depending on the floor plan.

We just joined eXp, which means we no longer have to worry about licensing limitations, and we’re planning to expand into Connecticut and Rhode Island before the end of the year. 

It was organized as an LLC, a limited liability company.

The link is informative but seems limited to Arizona and might still be legal in other states 

You cannot do what you're trying to do and limit yourself to one company. 

We recently got an email from the lender who sent financing examples on properties that I had identified with my max limit being about 10% below asking price.