Most take near a year in southern Ca, but you hear of exceptions in both directions on that timeline.What some developers are doing here is leveraging the affordability issue and getting permission to build additional ADUs by designating some as affordable or semi affordable units.  

Mainly the "self sufficiency test". 

And if it were set up where everything went through a title company so the buyer pays the title company, they manage the buyer's loan (from me), and the title company ensures my mortgage is paid without my direct involvement... what parts of the transaction would feel risky or not worth the headache to you? 

Where is vacancy, maintenance/cap ex, asset protection, PM (include it even if self managing as you deserve to be compensated for your efforts), utilities, misc.  

The more mature platforms that are designed for landlords/property managers include Rentec Direct, Buildium, Appfolio, and Rent Manager.

You can acquire that debt across the direct property and / or the DST/TIC.  

The term curb appeal is simply referring to the home's exterior being appealing, which doesn't have anything to do with plants or pots or items directly.

Should I find a few buyers before I go out trying to find sellers, or should I start with sellers, then look for sellers directly or bring it to other wholesalers?

Maybe self-accountability does matter. 

We have a Direction to Pay as part of our EMD lenders agreement.