It does however give you a degree of independence to choose what you want to do.As your portfolio grows you'll also feel the weight of future capex responsibility more, which ironically points you to growing more cash flow through more real estate.The other issue is that you are chasing a moving goalpost.

Once you've identified what's important and what ratios to look for to evaluate a property, all future deals should be weighted against those "good" ratios/numbers - and periodically adjust to suit your goals.

I too appreciated your response, so your recommendation will hold a lot of weight. 

Focus on the big moves: security, renovations, and cutting dead weight. 

I like umbrella because there is no worry of being pierced for inadequate separation of finances, if sued you have a heavy weight in your corner who has all the consequences of a defeat, and because usually it is reasonably priced (mine today is not so reasonably priced but I believe it is mostly related to the risks of CA).I do understand that the probability of needing the umbrella policy is low.  

The foundation was already approved, permitted and finaled years ago for a 3400 sf house, and its solid and I won't be building directly on the overhang edge; but rather back away from the edge a few feet to prevent any load issues all the weight will be on the longer sides of the existing footing.

But, this will be front-end weighted and gradually slow towards the back half of the year.

A reliable property manager and CPA are worth their weight in gold, especially when you’re managing remotely.If you’d like to chat more about what’s worked for my clients or have questions about specific markets, I’m always happy to share insights.

I don’t know how deep you’re in stock investing but just weight it out more 

There are pros and cons but i believe for most properties the cons out weight the pros.