Hands down, it's the best way to get started.Look up "house hacking" using the search feature on Bigger Pockets and you will find a wealth of information.

In CA hot weather the pool was once a nice feature when water supply was a limit. 

You can also use the search feature to locate ones advertised in the past to give you an idea of schedule.

Generally you want to find properties SOLD (not just listed) in the same neighborhood or general area with similar features, sq footage and updates that you plan to do.

Granted, that house had some challenging features but we were surprised by the lack of traffic.

Great House with awesome features that we sold prior to completing it Lessons learned?

We likely will need to up our tenant key count soon but we switched to LL Locks around 2012 (maybe it was 2013).  6 sets of tenant keys for 6 years with 19 units, I will take that any time (but 8 units of the 17 LTR units have not been turned over since switching to LL Locks - very slow turn over).I would investigate the option in the link you provided and compare the features with LLL to determine if the one in the link supports everything LLL supports. 

Home features 2050 sq ftm 3/2/2 with a over 500 sq ft basement and a 24x24 shop.

SmartKey just refers to the rekey feature.

@Marcia MaynardI have personally never liked the idea of a basement bedroom and most houses in the neighborhood don’t have this feature either.