Note that CA tends to have higher tax rates so if CA taxes $10k of rental income sourced in Ohio at a 9% rate, but you only paid, say, 4% to Ohio, maybe you'll get a credit for the 4%, but you're likely still paying the 5% differential to CA. 

As I have always had an in house notary in my company.so the on line notary is new to me.. only thing i dont like is getting charged for it.. just like mobile notary I wont pay for those.. if the title company insist on it I push back ***** and whine and just tell them no way am I paying a mobile notary because its your requirement LOL.

If you have one tenant renting the entire unit, that is another story; however, there are some bills if they don't pay, you are responsible for. 

HOWEVER, want to avoid/minimize setting up a new company and filing additional LLC and other related documents (want to avoid extra work additional docs would create). 

That or pay a 6 cap for a 60 year old building with Billy Bob Hot Dogs as a tenant.

She is very stubborn and says she’s tired of maintaining and paying the bills every month, she is eager to just move a tenant in.

I see why many of us on BP want to keep admin work to a minimum and reduce the necessity of extra entities and extra bank accounts, but these are things that the big players do. 

@Jesse Jamrowski 9% would come from someone paying my principal portion of the loan.

Get an extra job, live in the cheapest possible accommodations, put your head down until you have 3-5% to put down (plus some reserves) on a house hack. 

If you spend the extra money to stay in the deal how many years will it take to recoup your investment taking into account appreciation & income?