I tried to keep this message as concise as possible as I assume everyone here is a hardworker so being busy is understandable !

Call it what you want, I call it common sense.I'd love to keep arguing, but I've gotta go hire a few dozen people so that I can fire them and then blame them for it. 

We don’t have a clause in our contract to account for this, and we have been actively looking for new renters with no luck so far.

I'm part of an Asian American real estate group called SARE with multiple chapters in SoCal.

Not so fast.

We also have homestead exemptions where I'm at - which an LLC isn't able to take advantage of - so I would investigate the benefits of that as well when considering selling it to yourself.  

I know two different folks at the city said it is, but you tend to get a different answer within the city departments based on who you call and what group you call so just want to make sure there isnt any grey area here.Thanks!

you need a judgment first, so first you would need to file a lawsuit to get the judgment then the collection agency will take 1/3 - 1/2 of it. so in reality its not really worth it.

Saving, buying, and investing are pretty difficult on a teacher's salary, so I'm hoping to learn from the wealth of knowledge here.

So if you are self managing your property and it’s under an LLC and you lock the doors and do not give them access - guess what - the tenant does not sue the LLC fairy - they sue the LLC and the person who committed the act.