Nobody in their right mind would sell at such because they simply don't have to, there is no shortage of buyers happy to out bid your desired landing. 

Does anyone know of any real estate brokers in California that offers the MLS-only membership as I don't want to pay all the extra fees to be a part of CAR/NAR.

Combination of both?

I do all of this remotely, so I use the above process to filter out 90% of the properties and then send the other 10% to my local team for verification.

As an out of state investor, I would love to connect and potentially have a property manager in my team that experience in Section 8 rental. 

this depends on three things:1) your work ethic and personality2) your hunting and acquisition budget3) your timeTIME: If you're working full time, door knocking is out of the question.

although we bought about 6 years ago or so for 270 put 100k into it so you can do the math  no debt .. hoa 400  we pay utls. 200 or so.. so 600 a month out of the 3500.. tax's about 1500 a year ( got to love Vegas taxs ) value today right at 600k.. so lets say we net about 33k a year on 370k cash .. so not bad little under 10% COC with an outstanding tenant one of the best I have ever had.PS given tenant quality we manage ourselves.. 

Knowing the laws ahead of time and the process is very important but just know that lateness's are part of the game we play.

@Stephanie Medina, you need to scope out your competition. 

Start researching price to rent ratios in areas and see which area has the best combination of cash flow/place you want to live!