You also don’t have to deal with physical copies. 

It's location can be important, near a highway is the best.The physical appearance of the common areas is important and have the property lighting for its residents. 

Write-offs, knowledge to lower my taxes substantially, write-off's you don't commonly think of, things like "paying your kids 12k a year", and "using 'vacations' as 'team building' exercises for said employees, etc.3.

I do plan on exercising the option to buy when the lease term is up, but I don't want to buy in SoCal.

You sign a P/S, and what makes that document binding is when you place the deposit in conjunction with the physical paperwork.  

Can anyone give me tips to avoid physical altercations at my units geared towards low-income tenants? 

The TAR has provisions that will get a landlord in trouble if exercised. 

I don’t think I can get city inspectors in before the end of my physical inspection period.

As far as analyzing deals, do you think that just constantly running the numbers and physically analyzing it would do the trick?

If you’re using hard money that can be a costly exercise.