On the same token, if you setup a California LLC and you decide to transfer your Kansas City property to the CA LLC, you will have to file as a foreign registered business in Missouri and pay the same fees as other LLCs because you are conducting business in Missouri. 

Justin Homer Thats not true but you have to contend with FHA's self sufficiency rule which is the main hurdle is using FHA on 3- 4unit properties.

I am the only one listed on the deed for the house.As part of our plan to accumulate enough rental property to generate sufficient monthly cash flow to in order to retire (we also have other non real estate investments), we are planning on renting out our personal residence and moving into our next project property...This will allow us to keep the owner occupied financing that I have had in place on the house (I have checked my mortgage documents and I am in the clear to do this), intact and provide some nice cash flow that we can put to use in renovating our next project house.

IMO, you do not have sufficient room for repairs, replacements and the like.

If it is in a lower and market, something like click lock laminate or luxury vinyl plank might be sufficient, and are fairly easy to install even for a novice.There is a product that splits the difference, which is an engineered hardwood floor – looks like the real thing but installs like laminate.

If your CGL has per property limits of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million annual aggregate, many find that to be sufficient and don’t feel they need an umbrella.

Prices in these areas are very affordable and rents are sufficient to generate positive cash flow. 

However, there is this quirky rule that applies only to 3&4 unit properties - it must pass the self-sufficiency test.

This is precisely where I am at in Dayton.I need to get to Dayton Soon to facilitate the claim on my recent fire loss so that would be a good time to meet the good people at the VA.I don't have sufficient resources to make a new non profit venture workable yet but that is an idea I am exploring.

With two houses, spreadsheets and a couple of directory (folder) hierarchies on your computer (one per house) should be sufficient to manage things.However, if you are planning to grow, an accounting package (that allows you to create departments and/or cost centres), perhaps coupled with a simple CRM would check off most, if not all, your boxes going forward.