It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.

Are there any developments that you feel were left off this list, or any you are looking forward to finally being complete.

This increase is partly due to higher demand for rental properties as people move to the area for work and lifestyle reasons by there are other things to consider of course. 

What did you need from them to be able to move into the "house"? 

I am debating if I should buy a decently priced home in Florida using a mortgage, rent it out as soon as possible, and have a tenant(s) pay down my mortgage until I am ready to move in and have the mortgage either paid down or nearly paid down.

And yes, I look forward to hiring this out in the future but at the present time I'm using TurboTax Pro edition to complete my taxes and I'm not seeing an obvious place for things like this. 

The tenant's are moving out this summer and I'll be looking for new tenants, however, I'd like to rent out my unit to mid-term tenants while I'm away traveling for months at a time.

It is more straight forward for certain things like the lumbar for your addition.

Thank you both for the detailed, straight forward advice!

Our plan is to move her to part-time next year and have her qualify for REPS.