California charges a minimum tax of $800 a year per LLC, and more if you have gross receipts in excess of $250k.

In any case where a landlord has excessive cleaning, painting, repairs beyond normal ware and tear they need to be extra cautious in using the deposit.

Yeah that seems excessive.

Since I am new, I do not have excess capital to purchase expensive properties like those seen closer to LA.

Not so much the courts, once a violation gets that far.Now, things are about to change with Mayor Jackson's new Lead Paint initiative; which also includes more robust inspections of excessive use of extension cords, old hot water tanks, toilet inspections, sink inspections, smoke detector inspections, Flue inspections, self-closers on doors and more.The plan also includes a new mandate forcing all landlords to register all rental properties with a late fee and misdemeanor conviction for failure to register.Up until now, inspectors in the city of Cleveland stayed outside and simply required landlords to maintain the exteriors.

You're looking for possible repairs whether expensed (like dumpy apts needing rehab on a turn) or CapEx (roof has <5 years, siding has moisture invasion, leaky plumbing, paving is starting to break up). 

You can find an x wind option same day through Excess and Surplus lines markets  

Then sell it and take advantage of the $250k (single) /$500k (married) 121 exclusion as well (which is even better than 1031 in that your gain is tax-free not merely tax-deferred) as well as 1031 if your gain is in excess of $250k/$500k.

There are a lot of expenses in excess of PITI and PM fees. 

Boise has always had a small but growing tech sector with Micron being from Boise, facilities from Hewlett-Packard, and now Amazon is supposed to be putting in a nearly 1 million sq ft distribution center in Nampa (a town 30 minutes South of Boise) which will employ in excess of 3,000 people.