Instead of having to enter personal info and upload an image of your driver's license for each Reporting Company, the Individual FinCEN ID allows you to input your personal data once and then link the Individual ID to your various Reporting Companies. 

Read the full article here.https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/05/07/california-faces-54b-budget-deficit-1282926The past may have been good to California investors but from the current data, the future does not look so promising.   

That's direction I'd advise exploring, not how to do it all yourself as an island, but as a facilitating power.

•Explore private lenders or hard money loans if you need higher leverage, though the interest rates will likely be much higher.

If lenders reject a HELOC due to lack of W2 income, explore DSCR loans, private lenders, or partnerships to fund new investments while retaining your current property.

Tools like PropStream, Redfin, or Zillow’s market data can help you identify neighborhoods with high demand and favorable price-to-ARV ratios.

What other data should I be watching?

You can use client data to support your work as an investor-friendly agent without making it a pitch.

If I don’t hear from you in the next 10 minutes, I will assume you aren’t attending and I will move on to my next appointment.Using this system as dramatically reduced any wasted time I used to endure as part of the showing process as well as giving me data about their timeliness/responsiveness/respect for others' time.I often schedule several viewings at a time, 15 minutes apart. 

Personally, I’d review MLS data, Zillow, and consult with a realtor to determine an accurate ARV.