If you go to Boglehead's they tend to bash real estate investing, whereas on this website the subject tends to favor more real estate. 

I tend to get more action and have more success if something is marketed at $775 instead of $800 or $1475 instead of $1500.

@Daniel Dahan sometimes if you complete your profile, people on this platform will tend to take you more seriously.

Of course, with all things, the answers to all these matters will depend on the circumstances.California tends to have more laws on the books and requirements and restrictions that it can be a good idea to form a CA LLC for out of state property so that you as a CA resident are covered, and to try to have your contracts fall under the purview of CA courts.

This tends to be more mature platforms like Appfolio, Buildium, and Rentec Direct.I would recommend trying out free trials of each platform that checks all of your boxes, and give them a trial to see which feels best to you. 

Whereas in reality it was the opposite, work wasn't getting done, I was getting pictures of small sections of home that looked like he was working on,  he wasn't paying the crew and even had random women living in my place with alcohol bottles and ramen noodles all around.

I think "mid-term" rental guests tend to take care of the place a little more since it's a little home away from home. 

Same goes for number of LLCs and what to fund them with, since bear in mind that CA tends to be more cumbersome and expensive to have LLCs than other states.California is generally more cumbersome than other states when it comes to taxes and filings.

. :-)And this isn't a dumb quote from a tenant, but one my tenants tends to talk a lot and I have to sometimes politely interrupt to get a word in. 

Note that CA tends to have higher tax rates so if CA taxes $10k of rental income sourced in Ohio at a 9% rate, but you only paid, say, 4% to Ohio, maybe you'll get a credit for the 4%, but you're likely still paying the 5% differential to CA.