I strongly recommend consulting with an employment attorney—search for one in the area where the business is operating.

For structuring your business, consider whether you actually need an LLC or if umbrella insurance might be a simpler alternative.

I think there's a pretty low bar for competency in the management business because it's not glamorous and can be a grind.

Do you know investors who have done business in Oklahoma? 

It’s a gem for insights into running and expanding a business.

Cities with high crime rates struggle to attract new businesses.

My Glendale house still performs well, but it just seems to have a bit more on the member management side than the rest due to the members I have been exposed to. 

Busy street 2.

Newsom signed that order post-LA fires making it illegal to increase rent beyond 10% in those areas impacted by the fires (one source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/25/la-county... )If I understand you correctly, you're saying that PriceLabs is behind the increase in rates for your properties, taking them to either 10% or beyond of an increase which I'm sure is something someone on their board or engineers must be aware of- as an issue.

Fast forward 20 years: I now have money in the bank, excellent credit, live modestly on my own, and run a business that’s doing well.Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to save much for retirement during most of my life.