I thought I would put in my 2 cents as a way to help you out a little. First for your question about the hosting let me say a couple of things.
1) Great hosting site, and if I were you I would start out with the Pro. 10GB of space is nice for a startup forum and you can upgrade your account later without changing your server as long as you stay with the same host. Remember that changing providers means a transfer of information which is sometimes a problem.
2) Keep in mind that setting up the forum takes some time, it's not an overnight project. I think that having your host set up your forum the first time is great, but you will still need to learn a little about upgrading your forum, they will not run all of your updates for you. The first couple of times that you do it, take notes because the basic forum update instructions will cause you to overwrite some information that you do not want overwritten if you have your own ICO files, Logo's etc.
3) Make sure that your host will make nightly backups of your forum in case of a problem that you may have you can have them reset the forum to the previous day.
That is just a few things to remember to help you along the way. You will become very familiar with folders, and forum structure once you dive into it. It will seem very confusing at first, but with the search features here and on vbulletin.com you will find answers for almost everything.
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