We live right over the apartment.

If you and your husband own the relinquished property in your individual names, and you intend to own the replacement property in an LLC, if both you and your husband are members of the LLC it will be deemed a partnership unless you live in a community property state. 

Purchase price: $360,000 We bought this stacked duplex, lived in one unit for 2 years and moved on.

I am also putting together my own syndications to help other investors increase returns but even more importantly give them the time to live the life they want.

I had a great CPA on the east coast where I used to live but I am hesitant to do taxes remotely.

I do recommend on higher end properties adding TV channels and Spectrum has a live TV stream app (no more boxes, I also imagine other cable providers so as well).

I've been living in my current house hack for ~1.5, and I placed my tenants in September 2023 (lease is up at the end of August).

The pet fee or deposit for the move in of 2 cats (you did charge one, I hope) should have just about covered the extra anyway.

There are exceptions, like what was mentioned by @Nathan Gesner, if you are an employee of the property owners, and you exclusively manage their properties, if you're a resident manager, living in the building that is being managed, or if you are someone who manages properties owned by a single entity and have a direct ownership interest in it.

They had been paying those extra taxes for ~10 years since the last tax reassessment.