Basically you just can’t discriminate against anyone in a protected class.

She's honest, but even if she doesn't see eye to eye with your plan, she busts her behind to make your plan bear fruit. 

I've got my eye on a property in that needs work.

All eyes are on you; the tenants will either train you or be trained by you.

Had my eyes opened the other day though on a new apartment bus tour I went on and saw many of them going with black appliances.

Or would this be considered a "prohibited transaction" in the eyes of the IRS?

I just read an article about new potential tenant protections in Sacramento: https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article217675615.htmlThere's not a lot of details about the propsed ordinance, but they say its similar to ones passed in Palo Alto and Santa Barbara.

Nowhere near ($1200 a year/$100 a month) which is what the rent increases are doing.Property taxes in California are protected under Prop 13 which limits the amount to 1% a year.

As I continue to research and learn about real estate, I've been refining my goals: I want to invest in multi-family property(ies), with an eye toward scaling up to small apartment buildings.

Meaning they want the protection of the LLC but they also want the rates that Fannie Mae can give them compared to portfolio or commercial.