And regarding the screens if you look above the window openings on the outside you may find either hooks or something that will accept a hook for the screen as to hang onto.They fit into the openings and are typically secured at the bottom with a hook and eye on the inside window sill.

My questions are after reading this (excerpt at bottom)1.

I live in the upstairs unit and rent out the bottom unit.

California does not recognize series LLCs.You also want to look at whether a pass-through entity helps your bottom line and your taxes.

Bigger Pockets is one of the best formats for this because you can go to a QIs profile page and scroll down to the bottom to the reference section. 

@Will Barnard is correct to lending money in CA your either need to be CA broker , NMLS licensed, or consumer credit.What I like to do when I am looking at a new market and have a question is to simply google hard money lenders in that state.. at the bottom of their first page you will either see their NMLS disclosure or you will not... if they have it your pretty certain its required if they don't pretty certain its not.

World of finance is in free fall, and being in new home development we went from running a thousand miles per hr to a dead stop in the blink of an eye, and being so high on that ladder, it was a long fall and a hard hit at the bottom.

Theoretically we could do the renos ourselves but we did just the bottom floor of a house together last year and it took forever.

don't forget to look at new construction typically much stronger than existing, especially in a market like columbus where the age of properties will really impact your bottom line.

The bottom line is 90% of the folks that pay the 3k will do nothing with it other than be a member of the club.