Highly recommend getting in touch with a good landlord/tenant lawyer that specializes specifically in CA. 

California have Mello Roos. 

I'm hoping to lock down my first investment property in CA before the new year, God willing!

Experience with Multi-State Taxation -  Do they have experience handling income from out-of-state properties and navigating California’s specific tax requirements for LLC members?

I'm David Turner from California, passionate about real estate investing since the 1990s.Outside of real estate, I'm a litigation partner in a law firm, and I enjoy commodities futures trading.Excited to learn and connect with you all!

In California, an unlicensed professional cannot independently let a client into a home to show it; only a licensed real estate agent can conduct property showings, although an unlicensed assistant may be present to let someone in under the supervision of a licensed agent for specific purposes like inspections or repairs, but cannot discuss the property details or engage in sales activitiesPaying agents hourly would drive your overhead through the roof especially if the brokerage is not closing deals!!!

@Austin Wolfffair point, but there are also tons of threads on BP from folks in HCOL areas who bought a property in Baltimore or Cleveland or Memphis and got absolutely crushed by deferred maintenance.of course it's possible to invest successfully from California but it just seems like a lot of new investors are very much not set up to do it property. 

Hello BP!
I just closed on my second 4plex in Emeryville this week, which is 75% occupied, and every unit is renting below market (~$250-$1500 less). This is the breakdown:
2 tenants on month to month leases ~$250-...

Ca has been passing statewide ADU laws for the last half dozen years.  

I am licensed in California, but work with a broker in Plano.