(I normally find technician from thumbtack, google, next door).

Google yellow letters real estate and thats what i took my inspiration from lol

Do they have good google reviews?

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, facebook, or a Google search.

You can literally google “your state” and “landlord statutes” and it should take you right to it.  

Hello BiggerPockets Community,I'm a new out-of-state Real Estate Investor based in California (I work as a SWE at Google as my W2) and I'm working on brokering a potential deal between friends and a prospective landlord.

random link from google

I have a background in marketing and am wondering if paid google ads and paid search is required in addition to yellow letters. 

I created a google form that is a checklist and the responses can be transferred to google sheets - I can see running total of hours being tracked.

Here's a shortcut to get you 80% of the way there: do a google search in your local market and check out the top 3-5 property management companies.