For house hacking, ensure rental and personal use are properly allocated for deductions.

STR's, if done right, are viable long term investments meant to cash flow at a reasonable enough level to properly maintain and improve them. 

However, to really do this properly and make it synergistic to the life style I want to live I need to bring it from 60-62% down to 30% by 2030.

There are various other items that may come up such as: Proper firewall suppression, adequate entrances/exits for fire safety, stair safety, size of kitchen appliances, etc... for my specific example. 

Tenant quality and demand is generally good and usually there are no issues with proper screening, at least for those with decent properties.But for all of the naysayers on California, keep it up.

But they don’t know proper thinning and trimming.  

Now if it was definitely a single unit and only she could do it and it was properly labled it would be on her.

I own 12-doors in Detroit proper.

This was also confirmed when I went there to submit the required documents, but they couldn't give me a proper timeline on when it would happen claiming that they were backed up. 

You can try your luck to see how long it’ll take for the roots to re-grow, but be prepared to eventually make the proper repairs.