@Christopher HelwigCo-mingling funds and using the LLC as an alter-ego are surefire ways to pierce your corporate veil and lose your limited liabiilty protection, the main purpose of having a LLC.If you want to "consolidate" your activities, I would transfer Title from yourself to your LLC (same or new one which is whole different discussion) and simultaneosly refi into a commercial loan since legal entities are not eligible for residential lending (hopefully you aren't "frankensteining" it).Hope that helps. 

I am at the ten financed property limit currently, so I speak from personal experience. 

Your caution here is that your experience will be limited to the quality of marketing associate you are assigned. 

However if you have specific issues with the property such as well or bedrooms are particularly small you can set a lower occupancy limit as long as you stick with it. 

"Your honor, I felt pressured by my agent and the seller to waive my right to an inspection"Instead, be sure to state an inspection is limited to such and such or for informational purposes only.My advice is worth what you paid for it : )

Your average General Partner/Sponsor will raise 90% of the required equity through a limited partner to buy a $10 million dollar apartment building.

A professional manager will:1) Limit the risk of lawsuits and risk on tenant safety2) Perform home turns between tenants quicker than you can3) Screen tenants with advanced knowledge on Fair Housing Laws, identity theft, and filtering false references4) Be able to monitor and handle scams5) Provide you with the quickest eviction process if needed6) Have problem solving skills, so that most days you don't even know there was an issue because it resolved with little or no involvement from you.7) Have resources that include eviction attorney, repairs, cleaners, appliance repair, screening companies, mortgage properties, emergency line coverage. 

So I would suggest if you decide on Southern Arizona, to limit your drive to LA as much as possible.

The amount you listed at $4300 should be deductible, whether you're filing jointly or separately as you're under the limit for both for 2021 tax guidelines- $10K filing jointly and $5K filing separately. 

That being said, you might want to consider living in it for 2 years to qualify for hte sec121 exclusion, as limited as that timeframe might be.That all being said, its really tough to give you answer.