Since that discovery and decision, I’ve been scrambling to get as much education on the topic as I can.

As real estate andstock index is derivative of M2 supply, the difference between those two are that with stock index, price discovery is very efficient as everyone is chasing the same stock, with real estate, there's no price efficiency as price is widely differs from one house to another even in the same block (thus creating opportunity). in other word, only real estate is rock solid investment. 

Seems that any kind of statute of limitations would be a sort of delayed discovery thing (in other words, I couldn't have known until this very moment) but I'm not sure.Yeah, I know- why didn't I look this up?

That this is a time for professionalism, to utilize focused analysis and those using such will be rewarded with "discovery" of the deals, while those using the lazy-shotgun-approach forged by last "EZ" years investing, will be most likely be punished for such. 

One issue you will discover is there are not many multi-family units available.

Is the discovery of this information of much use, as the tenant is filing a claim for the return of the security deposit? 

If you are personally sued, during the discovery process, you will need to provide information on all of your income, and assets (including your LLC in a state with anonymity).

This is purely anecdotal, but several friends in tech has moved further out to areas like Discovery Bay, Sac, Sausalito, Santa Cruz area, even Tahoe. 

Bury him in discovery costs.

Then there will be judgements, motion for discovery, garnish wages, garnish bank accounts, maybe their auto.