And that's not a pass to mute your diligence, observations, or analysis.At some point, you have to trust.

How does the process works in simple terms, like if you were to drive for dollars and come up with about 50 leads or so do you just go ahead and send off the mailings to the address or is the a process in between that I am missing?

I will double check this with an accountant, but off hand does anyone know whether the taxes due in each state are only from income made in that state or are they from the LLC's address state?

If you are able to receive service at your address during business hours, 5 days a week then sure its cheaper.

The goal would be to hire on 1-3 trusted friends in that area to manage my first property.

You can get duplexes with a Seattle address in the $500,000 - $1,000,000. 

This includes not just insurance, but also corporate structure and trusts.

Just send your email address and I can share their contact info. 

Trust me ...You start hanging out doing handyman repairs around their unit when they are gone they will surely find more little problems for you to apply your magic on !

Suggest addressing directly with landlord so they can start marketing for a replacement.