My wife does the bookkeeping and pays bills (switching utilities and does the paperwork with moving people into properties.)

It’s a pretty robust platform; bookkeeping, payment portal, repair requests, vendor database.I’ve tried to not let tenants know I own the place but I guess I’m too personable.

If you hire a property manager, you are approving expenses, reviewing financials and fighting them on their notoriously bad bookkeeping (like when they bill you for another client's repairs, or when they are charging you $75 to get the grass cut)At its simplest: syndications mean I pay someone else to take the work off my shoulders and solo means I do it all, without splitting anything.  

I use Quickbooks to do my bookkeeping.

Can anyone recommend a local San Diego Book Keeper and also a CPA that understands the nuances of real estate and advises on best tax saving strategies? 

I have checked various times through the years, and found that I am still not required to do so under: Small landlord exception My CPA advised me of changes in tax laws, but did not mention anything about the exception.I was in charge of bookkeeping for a non-profit and issued 1099's.

Can anyone recommend a good book keeper for hire?

From my bookkeeping experience and working with CPAs its best to have a separate bank account for each LLC. 

Cloud bookkeeping.

These transactions all happen within the PM company bank account, and should be accounted for in their bookkeeping.