Pace has built multiple income streams that appear to be helping investors, but are really designed to make money for him.

Aren't they required by law to display these items on their vehicles?

I’m all about less is more, it allows me to put more focus on higher priority items. 

This structure helps ensure that if one property faces a lawsuit, the other properties and their income streams are protected.

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Have a separate bank account from your personal, make sure the operating agreement spells out how to value if anyone exits, who can buy into it, you can vote to not distribute funds- if your sued they can come after your property but also your Cashflow stream.  

It would be best if you had a timeframe in place for initial reports of uncleanliness or broken items, maybe three days, but the truth is that all complaints are relevant no matter the time.

Given your stage of life, this could be challenging but worthwhile if you’re confident in handling the stretch.Sell, and reinvest in cash-flow rentals: Using part of the equity to generate cash flow with out-of-state rentals could create a retirement income stream now while still capturing SoCal appreciation.

We've fixed the handful of items they listed.Unfortunately, two or three weeks ago I got an email from a code enforcement about this now year old citation.

Cutting down on gov't spending and the pulling jobs back into the US should help offset some of the tariffs, but it will come down to which items exactly do get tariffs put on them and to what degree the tariffs are (10%/20%/50%).Overall, my guess is that rates will go down for early next year, rise during the middle quarter-third of the year, then fall slowly afterwards.