But as we are looking to add more employees to our team and expand our doors I'm looking into the best managing systems.

Still close to Lake Tahoe and can go down to Minden/Gardnerville for an even more boutique, small town feel, or zoom up to Reno for a little bit of a higher pace. 

The place I’m looking at has all employees and a wonderful couple who has owned it for about 30 years.

These folks do not need to be licensed but there are limits on what they can and can't do, and they have to be salaried employees of the owner or report to a licensed property manager.

I'm guessing though that since the IRA owner isn't allowed to take out a salary, perhaps the SDIRA LLC will be required to hire employees? 

DM if you want me send you pics of your properties I know how that feels .  

This location is in a 1mm population metro area, 230 units, and cost is about $1,800,000 all in.Limits of Insurance: Coverage:Liability and Medical Expenses$2,000,000/$4,000,000 Occurrence/Aggregate Comprehensive Business Liability$2,000,000 Any One Person Personal & Advertising Injury$4,000,000 Aggregate Products Completed Operations Aggregate$2,000,000 Any One Fire Fire Damage$25,000 Occurrence Customers' Goods Legal Liability Deductible: $0$25,000 Aggregate Sale and Disposal Liability Deductible: $1,000$10,000 Any One Person Medical Payments $1,000,000 Occurrence Hired Non-Owned$300,000 Each Employee Employee Benefits Liability$25,000/$25,000 Per Claim/Aggregate Employment Practices LiabilityLoc Class Desc Coverage Limit Ded Valuation Type 1 Self-StorageBlanket Building & Business Personal Replacement Cost Property $2,100,000 $25,000Earthquake IncludedSinkhole IncludedWindstorm or Hail Included 5%Business Income Actual Loss Sustained 24 MonthsPollution Clean-Up & Removal $100,000Employee Dishonesty $15,000Money & Securities - Inside $10,000Money & Securities - Outside $5,000Accounts Receivable $25,000Electronic Data $20,000Valuable Papers & Records $25,000Fine Arts $10,000Employee Personal Property $10,000Limited Pollutant Removal $25,000/$100,000Cosmetic Loss Limitation IncludedEquipment Breakdown Protection IncludedPremium, Fees, and Taxes: BOP Premium: $ 7,760.00Optional Terrorism Premium: $ 31.00Total Premium: $ 7,791.00Key notes:a.

Regarding solo 401k, maybe this is slightly off topic, I use equity trust and they say you cannot have any employees other than a spouse.

Conversations feel transactional instead of trust-building?

That part is as advertised.The Not-So-GoodIt’s Expensive—Like, Really Expensive.First-month rent is entirely theirs whenever a new lease is signed.15% repair management fee on top of already high maintenance and repair costs.No late fee benefit for owners—any late fees go to REI Nation employees as an “incentive” for chasing payments.