I made very few decisions, trusting the lead artist (whom I know well) to design and implement it.

I worked hard and sacrificed a lot as a 26-year-old RN to finally own a property and was excited to implement the strategies that I have learned through the biggerpockets community.

Yeah, I read how GP brag's there so "stringent" in DD but the math doesn't lie, and result's speak totally different story. 

Even if you find a town in Massachusetts that has no regulations, they could implement regulations at any time.

@Austin SheppardAlthough new regulations will raise the barrier for entry, it will not grandfather anyone in -- therefore, your business plan could be totally shot.Cambridge passed regulations last year and they have now been implemented.

Definitely looking to implement renovations and increase rents to market value. 

The area (bay area) I live in is very costly to implement the buy and hold strategy without big chunks of money.

If as I think it is to decrease your costs a couple of policies I would implement even if you decide not to go with coin op.

What I am thinking about doing is putting everything in the name of my LLC (water, trash, elec, cable, etc) and implementing a lease agreement between myself and the LLC that lays out everything(including landlord being responsible for named utilities).

California passed AB 1482, the Tenant Protection Act, and implemented it into law a few years ago creating a statewide rent cap of 5% + CPI per year.