The withholding can also be stopped altogether, and only actual taxes owed will be collected by filing form MW506NRS at least 21 days prior to settlement and filing it with the Comptroller of Marylands office to get the exact actual tax owed calculated. 

Thing is, I will need to go DSCR loans from here on out or just stop buying new real estate altogether.

Do you see them as a viable option early on, or is it better to avoid them altogether?  

The owner seems to want to not lose ownership of the account altogether.

This eviction altogether cost me $20,000 - legal fees, lost rent, and rehabbing.

My current situation is, in part, a result of playing it too safe and avoiding risk altogether.

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.

That is a different exit strategy altogether.

if you have an LLC and both properties are under it, you just need 1 operating account.If both are under your personal, 1 bank account specifically for the rental is enough for operating.Security Deposits should always be a separate account altogether.

It also is helpful to have a California LLC in case you ever sell that property and move into another state so that you do not need to form a new LLC altogether with new operating agreement, just re-register in the new state as a new foreign LLC.