I googled and noticed it is a requirement in some counties.

I also view the trades as easy but I paid my way through my bachelors via the trades and started in the trades at a noticeably younger age than you are.  

You'll also want to ensure you have a good property manager to look after the upkeep of the property if you are not there to notice anything deteriorating or which may need attention.This article goes into a lot of the considerations about whether to form an LLC or not: https://www.mmpph.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/May-2019-newsletter.pdfCreating an LLC in California would cost you a minimum tax of $800 every year.

A partial payment will mess with eviction clocks, notices and demands and can effect your case.

Unfortunately there has been a significant increase in rental supply in those markets and rents have decreased materially from the time ODC acquired the properties. 

Something I’ve been noticing more often lately:A lot of deals don’t die because the rehab was underestimated or the ARV was wrong.They die because the deal never matched the buyer’s risk tolerance to begin with.Same property.

Your "value add" is increasing Net Operating Income by increasing revenue and decreasing expenses the best you can.

Future incidents may lead to formal notices and possible termination.”

I'm working on getting a SFH to market for rent and during these past 3ish months, I've noticed that my immediate area has only maintained a handful of rental listings on sites like Realtor.

Not sure what the typical lead times are for booking but I saw what I would categorize as top 10% tiered listings or similar to what i would do with similar like homes that I’m looking to buy and noticed most of them being wide open.