Selling the property isn't part of my plan, as I intend to perform a 1031 exchange for a mountain home in the West closer to my retirement, which is still 8 years away.I would greatly appreciate your insights and advice on how to navigate this situation.

Have a long talk with your father and make sure you can both agree on a plan of action.

I am open to any advice on the steps I should take to have a plan of action.

Also I'm planning to partner up with friends to acquire more rental properties. 

We plan to rent this out in the next month.

There're ways to plan your trip around this requirement, but not how you do it.

We are leaving CA for tax reasons and because the distance of maintaining properties was getting to be too much (there were not great property managers or contractors so we were having to travel back for everything).We have made a few offers on 4plexes in Las Vegas but have not found the right property yet. 

Is there someone (possibly a more real estate minded CPA) who we can tell our future plans to and they can educate us on all of our options?

I'm just finishing a flip in Crestview with plans of getting two more soon. 

I do plan on being a respectful and responsive landlord who does not plan on taking advantage of tenants.