Expanding my network to learn from others is immensely important to me so I’m looking forward to making new connections. 

Quote from @Ashton Rodgers: The last four years I've been successfully flipping land.

Cash-out refinance: this is a little painful with current interest rates3.

You can easily do this on a spreadsheet and it will take less time to track than it would to find and learn a new software.

If you're still in school, get a part-time job to help accomplish this.

This property is in California in the LA area.

I tried looking into this from a few avenues and haven't come to a conclusion. 

You must work at least 750 hours per year in a qualified RE business.So most people who have high-earning W-2 jobs outside of real estate won't qualify.But the unique thing about RE pro status is that even if you don’t qualify but your spouse does, you can both file jointly and claim the losses from your RE investments to offset your other active income together.It's an incredibly powerful benefit if you do meet the criteria.

While this seems like a promising start, the income from these 30 properties alone doesn’t yet justify relocating to the area.

This article includes Prospect Mortgage getting whacked with a $3.5M fine for paying referral fees: https://www.housingwire.com/ar...https://www.thebalancesmb.com/... is a good article to brush up on.RESPA doesn't apply on commercial or hard money loans.