Look into Baselane it’s designed specifically for real estate investors, You get automated rent collection, expense tracking, it makes it easier to manage properties, stay organized, and keep up with your finances. 

The area i chose to buy the house in isnt super popular and I have had a hard time getting it filled Lessons learned?

BiggerPockets is full of resources designed to help you along your journey, whether you are just getting started or a seasoned investor.

Second, in terms of asset protection, LLCs are not invincible, but I think what many don’t understand is that they are not designed to completely shield your assets from liabilities, on the contrary they are designed to contain and isolate liabilities.

There are some creative ways to get it from 37% to corporate tax rate of 21% but generally it's best to invest passively as the IRA is designed.  

Talking about poor children and the such is just designed to make me feel bad.

on my drive around Lake G  I topped into a new development  Large lots nice Modern Farm house designs much like what I build in my developments but definitely next level from what we build and prices were not bad I think under a million.. 

They usually are high on estimated ARV and low on estimated upgrade costs.San Diego RE investing returns come from: appreciation, value adds, equity paydown.Value adds:Rehab: Standard BRRRRADU: have become popular in last 2 years due to changing CA ADU regulations. 

As for financing, the governments can plan and design, sell bonds against the proceeds to come from the sale of property for condos and apartments, and pay current owners  from that.

Had an issue with trying to self-permit a build a few years back that was an HPR but had an "A" and "B" designation.