Before getting to which investment, you may want to take stock and address other fundamentals first.Ensure that you have adequate umbrella coverage for the new (and existing) net worth and amounts above that.Get a will.Maximize tax deferred retirement contributions.Ensure that kids education is taken care of and take advantage of tax deferred accounts.Make sure that you have adequate life insurance, if applicable.Pay off any high rate debt.Make sure your mortgage is at a market rate and, if not, refi.You may have an allocation of your savings among various asset classes (stocks, bonds, real estate, other).  

I was there as well in the freezing rain handing out some flyers of houses I needed to sell, without an umbrella I might add. :) I can't believe how many people were at the tax sale on a cold, rainy day. 

The perfect weather and beautiful outdoors that California has to offer would be hard to leave.

=)  I have Dwelling Fire insurance on all my properties plus a 2 mil umbrella policy.  

Work will include:Carrier/Payne 2 ton-14 seer heat pumpLow-voltage wiringTubing Line set8kw strip heaterEmergency drain panPad for outdoor unitbump-up legs for outdoor unitdrain linesinstallation of digital thermostat

loud ACSummer is coming up and I turned on my AC for the first time this year. It is very loud and I can even hear the sound from the second floor. Attached a short video here. Let me know your thought. Is is normal?

For your first several properties and LLC may not be necessary with sufficient umbrella insurance.

If your just keeping it the LLC for the protection of the shell of the LLC, i would say your in a better position to put it back into your own name and get the highest liability coverage you can get on the Landlord policy and then follow that up with an umbrella policy.

Climate controlled storage - though the metal to construct the individual units is pricey, thought about starting there and then constructing outdoor units once it was bringing in money. 2.

LLC:  Good idea to have as well as Rental Property Insurance and some kind of umbrella policy if needed.