If you are subject to Fair Housing, then you should print, read, highlight, and learn the policy regarding service animals: https://www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles/PA/documents/HUDAsstAnimalN...3.

You completed an apartment syndication mentorship program which you had to pay for, but the mentor wouldn't sponsor that deal for you?

I had not thought of that and that is something that i would not want to pay for.

It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

Seller basically said that the sale had closed and he was not paying anything (forget about what is right).  

So I’m trying to figure out if paying the extra 200k for a 3 bed is even worth the investment since annual gross is so close.

Now I have gone to Zillow and and other sites like that to look for properties.

You'll want a big discount paying the notes to account for the risk the foreclosure may take another year to complete.

Tenant pays all utilities but garbage.

But you are a California resident... you will have to file Form 568 in California and pay their LLC fee.Oh, and LLCs are lousy asset protection mechanisms.