So new ownership that needs to monetize their investment to to a far greater degree than the original owner who had sweat equity. 

So I look up property addresses in county tax records to see who is the owner, and dig as far as I need to to get to the real landlord.

She suggests intentionally defective irrevocable trusts as a way to to a change in ownership under Proposition 19 but that don’t transfer the property yet according to capital gains taxes.

All we've needed to to "win" in RE is to not do anything stupid. 

Am not licensed and considering  trying to to "For Sale By Owner" route.I am not licensed.

However, I am curious if this would at all effect me when I go to to get a loan on a multi-family property?

One thing I can tell you after having gone to both law school and Accounting school is that if you get five different attorneys or CPAs in a room and present them with the same fact pattern,  you will never get the exact answer from any two of them as they were all be somewhat different and the same isn't applicable to to IRS auditors.  

Hope RE is good to to.

California and Kansas probably demand different standards as well.I guess it comes down to to each their own.

Cold call whomever you need to to help you out to get it done.