Every lease executed by or on behalf of nonresident property owners regarding any such real property shall specifically designate such agent and the agent's office address for the purpose of service of any process, notice, order, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such nonresident property owner.1

*I made a lot of assumptions here for illustration purposes only.

I can source my own deals if need be and I hold a license in Maryland acquired for this purpose in mind initially.

They offer a 2-year residential bridge loan for this purpose (bridging the gap between hard money or c/c debt, and a long term refi).Granted, you'll pay a couple of points and higher interest rates than conventional, but you can also buy yourself two years, pay off your credit card debt, and set yourself up for a conventional refi at a very low interest rate in a few months by cleaning up your credit score.

Additionally, I have a suspicion that deducting part of the sq. footage for rental purposes & depreciating the asset will open me up to being audited (I am not scared of being audited, I would just rather not go through the trouble). 

If you can get an extra $100 but lose 2 months of $800, the math doesn't pencil (for cash flow, not for valuation purposes).

The purpose of the deadline is to expedite the process.

I'm in California and I'm looking to get my real estate license for the purpose of becoming a real estate investor.

I'm in California and I'm looking to get my real estate license for the purpose of becoming a real estate investor.

I wrote the above for informational purposes.