A little background on us.....we are both very knowledgeable individuals and extremely ambitious.

I already told my property manager, if he calls again with another odor complaint, then allow him to move out at the end of the month, because I'm not paying to send a fourth plumber.

Whether or not you should proceed with buying your first investment property outside of California depends on various factors and your individual circumstances

If you are doing management for others (Third-party Property Management) you need a Real Estate License, and your Broker has to maintain the trust account and allow you to do Property Management.

are we allowed the right to ask the management company to provide a copy of the qualified tenants driver license?

I am hoping to meet like minded individuals who can share their experience getting started, what their biggest hurdles were and how to over come them, and general advice/guidance.I am in the Los Angeles area but open to learning about other markets!

Do you enter the bedroom, bathroom and square footage of the combined units or should you separate each one and input as its own individual property?

They only allow a box per dwelling.

Does your area allow you to evict for non-payment of utilities?

I'd definitely take a look at those Wholesaling categories and identify some individuals that you'd like to mentor/partner with and see if theres any way you can provide value and/or just reach out to them and ask!