It's blindly throwing out offers.

The guys who sell the LLCs throw scare scenario after scare scenario in your face, but that's not how America works (just yet).

I plan to reinvest all the money id make from the properties and could afford to throw extra w2 money into it to make sure he feels like I'm motivated to pay quickly (and refinance to get him out).

In Poker, you don't keep throwing money in the pot because you have money in the pot that you don't want to lose. 

Moving away from W2 Wage to self employment tends to throw you into a two year wait period before banks will give income credit towards capacity  with the new venture.

I figured I would throw this out there.

You will have to self-manage which shouldn’t be a problem as there probably won’t be many calls and you have someone in the area to throw locks on, sweep, etc.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this and any advice you throw my way is greatly appreciated!

Lemme throw my two cents by you...Given what you've shared about your situation, you should buy a place in LA and live there.

Remember that for most people, this is the LARGEST TRANSACTION of their lifetime.After soft skills, the second trend is throwing out the all-mighty word, "Experience."