If a STR has a typical homeowner's policy and just Aircover, and the property burns or a tree falls on the home, it will not be covered at all because it was operating as a business under a homeowner's policy.  

Hi there, I am a new real estate investor, living in Los Angeles, with access to the capital needed to build a real estate business.

I would bet that most title companies who get into the 1031 business don't know how to advise on or conduct much more than the simplest of exchanges. 

Even if you create a non-CA LLC, if you are managing the business from California, you will likely be deemed to be "doing business" in California and therefore likely subject to CA taxes.

I want to automated this process for my business. 

Which will bring plenty of other investors and general business to the area.

This is a business, like any other business.

Well, as my late father would had said, if I had female body parts, I'd be a female.

After that I made a conscious effort to and connect and meet with as many people in the RE business as I possible and I still find myself in new challenging situations as LTR landlord.

She told me to run the business; not my ego.