Good job saving yourself hundreds with a single phone call!

I wanted to ask this as apartment structure property tend to be managed by a single property manger for the specific location.6.

Unless you monitor regulations full-time, staying compliant is nearly impossible—and a single mistake can cost more than years of property management fees.Properties don't pay rent—tenants do.

Assuming it will be Single Member LLC (you as a member/manager), it will come back on your schedule E anyway, so only thing you loose is $800 in california and bit more of paperwork but that preps you for future.Note - this is a very high level advise and mostly a personal preference. 

Development projects can vary from a 1-lot Single Family home to 20-acre subdivision, to a 4-acre commercial site, etc. 

@James Kerson not 1 single thing you've presented here is anything "new", not 1. 

., "I will buy at least one single-family home, duplex, triplex, or fourplex before the end of 2019") and then do it.

Those markets offer affordable entry points into duplexes or single-family rentals that can generate positive cash flow.

It depends on the market, the location and the type of single family home.  

For dining chairs, web restaurant store has some really nice fully welded metal chairs that are a single piece aside from the seat and back panels.