Any areas in Sacramento that worked particularly well (or didn’t)?

Having the knowledge of what transmutes separate property to community property may be a very important lesson for you, as well as what liability protection can be afforded by retaining assets as separate property, if any.As to the LLC, there are a variety of opinions, but you are correct that generally any LLC "doing business" in California should register with the California Secretary of State and pay the minimum $800 annual fee. 

Prove that up to the seller so that they know you are a great credit risk. 

Some hard money lenders will fund the project but I agree with Nicholas L's response that it's harder when you are a first time investor without a track record. 

Even if it's a total rehab if the land bank has a property in an area where the arv's are substantially high wouldn't that be a good deal or a promising neighborhood for buy and hold.

I'm in the Tampa Florida area and we charged 20% of gross profits.  

What are the best areas of a single family house to renovate that will have the greatest improvement to home value?

Do they have any debtJust because you are a note fund does not mean you do not have debt.

Unfortunately, timing was about 2 months late and the market went dormant for larger homes in our area around late August when we had the home finished.

My main Partner is Chase because gives the biggest limits great when it comes to building a relationship and getting BLOCs and other things also would recommend local credit unions biggest thing you always need to figure is the banks Cap of what they are willing to lend until they need everything Chase for example is 150k Citizen Bank if in area a great one for Blocs only require bank statements to calculate how much you can qualify for.