Instead of debates and personal opinion, look for proof https://www.ladbs.org/docs/default-source/forms/plan-check-2017/single-family-dwelling-duplex-plan-review-list.pdf under G (Interior Env) which defines the minimum requirement of a habitable room (aka bedroom or bathroom).

Retain proof of that notice and make sure you include the new tenants right forms required by the city now.

I'll probably get an agent to do that for me.

There are pot holes at every step form entitlement to permitting to the vertical and getting CO. 

Would love to form connections through this site !

Without that network, self-management would have been nearly impossible for me."

The loss for me was huge.

What do you recommend for me? 

Please keep those posts in the Classifieds forum.Need a spreadsheet or form?

It's was so easy for me getting started to get shiny object sindrome instead of locking in ONE STRATEGY, ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE PROPERTY TYPE, ONE RENOVATION TYPE, etc.