This is fine to a point, but no one can control mother nature, or where mother nature decides to toss a tree (on someone's fence, car, or 3 houses down). 

There is the chance that your tenants do not know their rights under CA rent control.

Offer Seller Finance, agree on terms and condition, and collect a monthly mortgage payment, you will still technically control the property without a property management, and taxes, insurance, toilets will be the responsibility of the tenant/Buyer.

Her daughter would have to petiion the court to have her mother declared incompetent and then the court might retain some control over the management of her assets.

Honestly if you could start in college and have your parents or someone co-sign for you, you could start investing right away.

A good analogy is parenting.

I purchased a second home 3 months out of state to be able to visit my parents more.

These items can be depreciated over 5 or 7 years: Fixtures, furniture, controlled access gates, alarm systems, computerized systems, security systems, movable partitions, etc.This accelerated depreciation strategy allows the property investors to immediately reduce their tax liability and in turn, increase their bottom line by offsetting income.

They are not quality control.   

None of the properties are under rent control.