I would recommend thorough due diligence, as with any property!

Thoroughly enjoyable .

The other tenant is on a one year (expires 5-5-20) lease that I have reviewed thoroughly and not impressed with the verbiage and lack of addendum's.

Almost nothing is standard so read thoroughly :)

Can anyone recommend a good real estate lawyer in the Los Angeles area to help me formulate a proper and thorough lease?

Okay, maybe 5-10% more, so your poperty rents faster, but that's it.Anything more is a waste of money.Recommend you do a thorough matrix of the competition: rents vs specific improvements.Then analyze the cost of improvements.Your challenge is how long to recoup your investment, so you can start actually profiting vs how long the improvements will last before the tenants trash them.Please send us any feedback via email, as we do not use the DM feature here.

If you're thoroughly knowledgeable in all tax aspects of all the scenarios you just laid out, then I'd say you don't need a CPA.  

Further, you can also place "reasonable" restrictions on the animals, including the requirement of a recent veterinarian report on the health and vaccine status, with annual updates; must be spayed or neutered unless contraindicated by veterinarian; must be in a carrier or on a leash (unless this prevents them performing their service or task) in common areas, especially elevators, stairways, and other areas where people would be in confined spaces; must clean up after the animal properly in common areas; offensive odors must not emanate from the residence; aggressive or nuisance behavior (such as extended periods of barking NOT related to the service or task they provide) can be prohibited, and potentially grounds for removing the animal and/or the resident; animal must have a chip or collar with owner's identifying/contact information; must have appropriate city/county license if required locally; and photos of the animal for your records.A thorough and clear policy will deter many of those that are less than sincere from applying when they are made aware of the policy details early in the process...like at the viewing, and mention of the policy in ads.

And yes, I agree that they won't be versed enough to understand title, etc. which is why we are trying to get as thorough an understanding as we can before asking anyone to invest with us. 

I am however a proponent of doing thorough research and taking calculated action towards your goals and dreams.