@James Gates the timeline you gave is helpful. 

Further, California does not care if the LLC is out of state, the fact that you live here and are benefiting from it is enough for them to tax you the $800 out of the gate. 6) I was originally thinking of purchasing an apartment to rent for my first buy, since I imagine there are lower maintenance fees associated with that than a whole building (even taking into account the HOA fees).

It is LEGIT 5 BEDROOMS 4 FULL baths and ALL upgraded in a gated community with a pool.

Being like you and just starting out I realize that I'm working on a budget so I am focusing on CF on my properties right out the gate so they may require a little more tenant maintenance.

Sprinkler heads broken, areas of the yard were totally dead (They later admitted they placed things on the grass so a 9 feet x 5 ft section only had dirt left, and the grass around the fence gate were gone due to traffic of dragging the trash and recycle bins.

I was doing work on my rental property over the weekend, and the gate was mistakenly left open and my tenants service dog ran away today.

Within minutes, security found the two guys and escorted them right out of the gate. 

Completely gated.

Been in the house for 2 years have not missed 1 payment, have amazing credit score and my house is by one of the biggest school in a gated community in Port saint lucie, fl.

They do have a pool, playground and gate.