I moved out of CA to Nevada because it was too expensive in CA. 

Regarding tenant application, do you ask each tenant to fill out the complete California rental application form which requests all previous employment and residence details or only ask for the tenant's SSN and driver's license?

It sounds, from your post, that you are looking to turn a lemon into lemonade, but you might have sort of a decent lime in your bag.

In California, we have bogus ESA law (AB468) that establishes minimum criteria for patient medical provider relationship and poses harsh punishments to medical providers that provide bogus ESA authorizations.  

https://www.californiamortgageassociation.org/news-articles/article/senate-bill-1079-californias-new-foreclosure-and-post-foreclosure-process/#:~:text=New%20Civil%20Code%20section%202924m,to%20the%20prospective%20owner%2Doccupant.This law was poorly written. 

Even if you create a non-CA LLC, if you are managing the business from California, you will likely be deemed to be "doing business" in California and therefore likely subject to CA taxes.

The new California laws on backyard development, SB9 and AB1033, apply to single family zones and ADUs, not apartments in a multifamily zone.

🌎Based in Suwanee, GA (Just north of Atlanta near Alpharetta), and planning to invest in Forsyth County, GA and in Lake Junaluska, NC (30 min outside of Asheville, NC) 💫 I plan to buy either a STR, a BRRR, or flip a nearby property in my zip code to learn more, and find out if this is right for me🏠 First got interested when a very successful colleague and Product Manager at a startup in LA left that world to get involved in STR in Joshua Tree, CA.

Excellent resource for Florida and California tax deed auctions, as well as Florida auction & over-the-counter liens.

I was a Realtor many years ago in California.