Moving to Oxnard, CA

[Justin Yin]

Hello, my name is Justin Yin. I work as a manufacturing engineer and my wife is a civil engineer working for the GA Dept. of Transportation. I currently work in Albany, GA and my wife and I just bought our first rental in Orlando, FL in Jan 2016. 

We will be moving to Oxnard, CA around September of 2017 and was hoping to house hack in a 30 minute radius of Oxnard (so looking at Ventura, Thousand Oaks, Camarillo, etc.) Neither of us have been to the area before so we've just been researching online. Honestly it has been really difficult to find anything online that cash flows or meets the 2% rule, so we may have to change our strategy. 

I may be able to visit a couple of times before we officially move, but I'd like to know what real estate clubs were in the area and when they meet so I could try to time my business trip with a real estate meet-up. 

I would also love any recommendations for real estate friendly agents. 

Thanks!

Justin