@Justin ThompsonWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.

For routine legal work, he may not be cost effective. 

(Also see   "How I turned $40 into $10k in 2 hours"https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/11016/74993-ho... )   Everything in this house was 'almost'. 

I have had mice and rat issues and spent thousands on exterminators only to realize its more effective to seal the holes and monitor the area. 

Your Comment: "According to SmartAsset, the effective property tax rate of CA is slightly lower than AZ but virtually the same.

Two CEOs later the actions taken before has a pronounced effect on the corporation even to this date.

I have monitoring traps up there, but I am not sure how effective they are if there aren’t many bugs.

If it were a few months ago I'd say head out to a few FAR (Fresno association of realtors) meetings and let them know you have quality flips coming on the market soon, but Since we are starting to tip back into a buyers market that may be less effective now.  

I'm trying to look up what the actual ordinances/regulations are but from what I can tell, they don't go into effect until 2019 and there is no official documentation detailing the regulations.

@Joe EverestWelcome to BP, and congratulations on making the decision to invest in your future via real estate.I have written a few blog posts that may help you get started here on BP, and with your investing.