This was a new purchase with a few vacant units so I couldn’t prevent the vacancy at this time of year but going forward I will make sure none of my leases are expire in NOV-DEC.

@Ryan BrayHUD will not turn on the utilities and my guess is you are outside your 15 day window where you could at your own expense provided that the PCR report did not find anything that would prevent it.Your option is to ask your lender if there is any work around such as an escrow for repairs or an as-is appraisal. 

If your property is up to par you won't really have many maintenance calls except minor stuff such as plumbing clogs which is more likely to happen and requests to turn the AC up or down which you can do on your phone but other than that pretty hands off.Vacancy depends on location and your Padsplit property score the more comfortable you make your property (mini fridges, tv's, outdoor area) the lower your vacancy rate but you can expect about 10% vacancy factor in a Padsplit friendly area (centrally located, easy access to public transportation).

(I just went through probate when my mom passed and it sucks and would like to prevent my successors from having to deal with the same if possible).Bonus question, one of my properties is still under mortgage, he mentioned something about transferring it to an LLC can trigger a due-on-sale clause but not when transferred to a Trust.

He may get stuck with rent control laws that prevent him from catching up later. 

I also look at it from the perspective of I now have extra cashflow to remove dangerous trees or do preventative maintenance to systems that have higher likely hood of causing damage.For the management I self manage for now so that fee just goes to me.

They are trying to prevent investors/brother in laws from "stealing one".

With a number of those rehabbed units now complete, our income and our occupancy is now increasing (and continued to be strong in July and August), even during a pandemic that prevents people from coming out to get tours.

Prevent urban sprawl from taking limited farm ground.  4.  

Actually, our ports would get clogged with stranded empty Chinese containers.