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Sometimes just the mere filing of arbitration gets you a good settlement offer, because they're scared of risking the dice with arbitration. 

Small enough but experienced enough to have good referrals (the profile pages of QIs here on BP can get you started) means you'll be in good hands since at the largest QIs in the country your experience will be dictated by the sales manager assigned your file and not necessarily a senior consultant.You've had a good experience with yours to date.

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.

You certainly can 1031 exchange from CA to Hawaii, although the California Franchise Tax Board will make it a little more annoying by forcing you file a new form (Form 3840) each year after you sell...failure to file the form will result in taxes owed. 

@Phil PetiteI am concerned that no rent received in January did not result in you filing an eviction on Feb 1. 

Could a long term lease could be written as a series of short term leases (less than 30 days), and thus qualify income from the rental as "Active" and thus allow the tax filer to file as a "real estate professional"?

Then and only then, MAYBE will the DA file.

Check to see if your old LLC is even still active on the state's roster.I know where I used to have mine (MA), it would be "administratively closed", i.e. dissolved, if you didn't file your annual reports and other paperwork timely. 

File all receipts in a dedicated Google Drive folder.