Like @Eliott Elias said, it is a beast to invest in real estate out of state, if you don't have a team!

Multi-member LLC is a different beast---especially when the members lack prior experience.

It is during the MOVING PHASE, that you must be cool, have all your wits about you and be prepared, yet still be cordial so as not to enraged the monster that seems to be lurking in your Tenant during the MOVING PHASE (as there is NO ANTIDOTE to calm the savage beast once it takes form).

Your spirit changes when you're not chained to a payment (not to mention your DTI).Get a functional beast that gets you from a to b while while hauling what you need and be free, Chris!

But we still get ten threads a week in the Bigger Pockets forums on the most effortless way to collect rent that tenants are seemingly falling over themselves to pay, and maybe a thread every six months that comes even close to skirting the truth, that we all chase rent and we all have to be more than a bit flexible, because THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

I have been working in areas most would never even think about b, East Cleveland, but they are and have been incorrect.

It goes with the saying, " Its the nature of the Beast".

In the past we have had success purchasing off the MLS, but it feels like Seattle is a different beast.

Those are the style and type I was talking about, but still a beast!

You should seek out an accountant or lawyer familiar with CA laws as CA is kind of its own beast when it comes to taxes.