i live in ca so i know i would have to foreign file here in ca. im sure it will be an extra expense having a foreign llc but am willing to overlook the extra expenditure if it will ultimately protect my assets BETTER than what a california llc can do...looking forward to some words of wisdom. thanks in advance

If you do this, you can end up spending many many many more hours babysitting a property than the extra cash is worth.

On the non-permitted unit, can you move that tenant to a unit that will be freed up by one of the two in default?

The buyer has no extra funds to pull from.

My new plan is to not advertise that they are included, and then charge an extra $25/month if they want one installed.

If he just wants out for no good reason, he could face the lender pursuing a deficiency judgement against him/her if the state permits.

Nice thing about ETC is the bill pay feature as it allows you to make payments w/ no extra costs for regular processing.

So, if you rent the high dollar retail space for 5 years, you get 15,000 "extra" space.

I finally had some extras cash laying around and needed to put it somewhere so I decided to pull the trigger and buy my first investment property.

You don't need to pay her extra.