Sorry to be this guy... but what a client hopes or expects is a product of poor or non-existent tax planning.

We're planning to replace our galvanized pipe with copper this summer.

I am currently a renter in Northern California with no plans to buy in the market where I live.

If you are scaling quickly, you may want to consider this decision carefully as it is not fun to switch.

We plan to build 10 duplexes around OSU and keep them for ourselves for passive income.

The plan we have is thru the platform we use to syndicate all the marketing but I believe they have a per listing, per month setup if you are manually adding it to their rent manager platform.Apartments.com has been solid but if you want to advertise, Padmission and other housing assistance programs have been a solid source for us. 

Picture it like a dart board—areas farther from the center experience increasing pressure, leading to appreciation if you plan to cherry pick any to hold onto.

We're planning on expanding on our integrations before we launch to the public this summer.  

Are you planning to invest locally in California, or are you open to investing out-of-state?

The ENTIRE mentality here is wrong.Listen carefully and hoe you and everyone else here understands this.Consider this.I have 15 kids, 4 dogs, 300 chickens, 3 wifes (that don't know about eachother), an uber eats job, and 35 dollars to my name.