You look worse every time you answer me so it would be best for your business to stop.Two things come to mind when I read your response:1.

Keep in mind that 95% of first-time flippers LOSE money on their first couple of deals.

Mind you, this is a 2 story condo.Legal handled everything and the request was denied since the person who presented the ESA couldn't answer the follow up questions satisfactorily.The tenant moved out when the lease was up.Get legal help on this one.

I'm extremely open to changing my mind though, SEO just keeps pulling such amazing results.

There are a plethora of resources out there for your needs: Zillow, AppFolio, and Buildium come to mind as options that include tenant screening.

They don't want to manage another rookie employee, so make sure that you have something to offer them (be a gopher comes to mind, or a transaction coordinator). 

Remove all of that and mind the data.

#2)  20% on winning bid blows my mind.  

I'm glad I can be in an environment with determined, like-minded people.

Same goes for number of LLCs and what to fund them with, since bear in mind that CA tends to be more cumbersome and expensive to have LLCs than other states.California is generally more cumbersome than other states when it comes to taxes and filings.