What other obstacles are you facing ie. changes to platforms standard operating procedures, additional cleaning requirements etc.

Normal rentals pay little to no taxes whereas vacation rentals tend to be standard income, so you will be taxed more on your income.

(Insert standard California refrain: "It's too expensive here")I was planning to form an out of state LLC to avoid California's annual $800 LLC fee.However, California law requires that if an out-of-state LLC is managed from within California, it still has to pay the $800 annual fee!

You've accidentally discovered what is optimal to do if you plan to scale.Most times the one of us not on the loan can't be on the deed. 

While you can guess the downpayment was a standard amount, you have no way of knowing therefore it isn't disclosed.Agents do disclose the purchase price back to the MLS as that is part of our MLS agreement.

Is that the standard millage rate around there?

He had a couple people that would take over the lease but they aren’t up to my standards.

This is pretty standard when buying a tenanted property.You also want copies of the lease and make sure they are notarized, so you know the information is correct.

@Jimmy Chao on rental properties I typically disable the exterior hose bib completely as part of my standard operating procedure.

Even agencies are capped at 75% LTV right now... pre-covid standard was 80% all day.