The process is rather straightforward.

I know it's a marathon, not a sprint, and I am in this for the long run, but I'm also eager to jumpstart the process!

Many lessons have been learned firstly is you can’t be too nice or trusting and second is, don’t wait to figure out the refinance and cash out process and until you are almost done with rehabbing the property because currently going through a very lengthy, cash out refinance ordeal at the moment as I’m trying to get financing terms finalized as we speak.

Even more interesting is the yield curve, which currently seems to be in the process of un-inverting (?)

We are working to help people evaluate their situation and manage properties while these court actions are in process.

CA's Secretary of State forms list the name and address of either a manager or member, so unless you're hiring a third party to serve as manager of your LLC, anonymity is very hard to achieve once filing publicly in CA.As to the probate part, you're right that going through a court probate is a huge hassle, including being expensive and time consuming. 

Does it make sense to cheap out over the few thousand dollars it will cost to go through a proper escrow and title process?

Curious to hear how things turned out and whether any unexpected challenges came up in the process.

The process is relatively the same. 

Hey @Sara Valentine - huge fan of these for my rentals. https://www.amazon.com/Detector-Wireless-Notification-Securi...