I agree with comments that sending welcome letters before closing is premature.

Why were his loans called prematurely?

I'm at a crossroads in life where I'm trying to plan the jump (sometimes I feel jumping before I'll fully covered by passive income might be a little premature for my family's situation) instead of just jumping and figuring it out as I go.

We never buy the extended warranties and have never had an appliance break down prematurely in 20 years of landlording.

If you we're to pull the plug prematurely you would still be responsible for the PM fee most likely.

@Brian Warren you are correct that you need to keep this in a separate account and you do NOT need to give the interest to the tenant.I have the same concerns as you with breaking a lease and facing penalty fees for withdrawing money from something like a CD prematurely. 

At your age especially I will say, simply learning the process and going through it once is everything. if that is premature, get a side hustle in REI.

Even the LLC in my opinion is premature but easy to obtain because you can't purchase any money in it at first.

Premature send. :)Facebook has some CA ADU groups you might want to try out also.

Getting a contractor involved is premature, but would be very helpful indeed.