I am hoping to acquire my first property within the next 2 years.

If you acquire a property, from a Wholesaler, once the property is rehabbed and ready for the Retail Market, allow the Realtor that provided you the zip codes, to list the property for sale.

It can be a slow business, to acquire buy-and-holds. 

Not sure I'd spend the money now to remove a tree that might be a problem in the future (it sounds like it'll only be a problem if you acquire the adjacent lot "some day", yes?).

I'd greatly appreciate if anyone can recommend me a general contractor that I can work with in Atlanta, GA.I recently acquired a property that I plan to flip and is currently looking for a contractor to rehab it.

It only matters that it meets your minimum requirements.I worked with an offshore investor to help him acquire and rehab his first buy & hold property.  

Are you planning on running this company continuously, or just forming it for the purposes of acquiring a specific asset? 

This way , there is no pressure and you can slowly build your portfolio acquiring experience along the way.I got into investing by chance and made it my full time job (that and real estate sales.)  

She does not have the means now, and will probably not acquire the means in future.

If you're able to buy a property and collect rent from it, why not refinance the property after 6 months - year and use those funds as a down-payment to acquire 1, 2 maybe 3 more?