You can be the non-owner manager of the LLC and thereby administer the investment activities directly without 3rd party processing.  

If the surviving spouse is incompetent and in a home (likely on our tax dime), has no hiers and the property is free and clear (besides the tax bill) and is being taken care of by the city, you might just find that the county, state, a court or some other jurisdiction has assigned a trustee to administer the trust while she is still alive.

Alabama is certainly going to be more landlord friendly than California, though when all is said and done in court the judges are known to take it upon themselves to administer "social justice" and rule as they see fit.  

If you cure trustee process, decedents "children" (I would) probably would file an Amended Petition to Administer Estate or Request for Special Notice despite what the holographic will state's.

During tough economic times, lower date of death property values permit many CA estates to be administered as summary probates, currently <$150,000. 

(B) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person may only show good faith reliance on the application of the exemption by showing that--(i) such person has no actual knowledge that the facility or community is not, or will not be, eligible for such exemption; and(ii) the facility or community has stated formally, in writing, that the facility or community complies with the requirements for such exemptionSec. 808. [42 U.S.C. 3608] Administration(a) Authority and responsibilityThe authority and responsibility for administering this Act shall be in the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

We have over 900 investors now and it's all controlled as Digital Stock Certificates like Blockchain crypto cost have fallen to administer rapidly. https://www.startengine.com/ms...

Mine is administered by Chase bank.

Once you have established the plan with a reputable provider, you can simply open a trust account at the bank and/or brokerage of your choice, and will have signing authority on the account.Rather than send paperwork to a 3rd party to process your transactions, you can self-administer the plan and directly execute plan transactions.It is a more flexible, powerful and cost-effective tool, and something you should look into.

Now, I haven't delved too deep into this and you need to find the right legal representation to do it, but if you are operating as a C-Corp, you can Administer the companies 401k funds for a retirement vehicle outside of the regular business of the company.