By being involved in organizations shows there commitment to being up to date on all the changes laws and market trends. 

I'm also looking for great meetups (online or in person in the Northwest) that focus on nationwide investing trends and values as well as developing relationships with folks I can partner with. 

A closer look reveals a concerning trend of decline in hours worked over the past few years, as depicted in the chart.

Go to some networking events in both areas, get on some wholesaler buyers lists, and have an agent set you up with an automated search on the MLS so you can start to follow trends both on and off market. 

in all practical matter you can not.in these highly competitive market and if you live in super competitive market, you should maintain high w2 salary and your spouse too.the theory of using dscr or other type of loan without w2 is possibly only in midwest market but in long term the trend would change as well.

Stay in the loop on local trends and rules, and perhaps consider unique offerings to stand out.

As we head into the busy season, what new trends are you incorporating into your marketing strategy to stay organized?

Inside our homes we had more attractive features like stainless steel appliances and new LVP (laminated vinyl plank) flooring, but we still needed to get our residents out of the car and through our front doors.

Think about things like population trends, job growth, and the region's general economic health.Risks: Understand the risks associated with investing in an unfamiliar market.

Now with interest rate hikes, lot of families are having large equity but cash poor, so they can only move to market with sub-one-million (200k families can afford sub one mil),and so on and so on.so people keep moving further to even area like modesto/stockton (these are sub 200k income family) , today the trend in bay area is that sub one mil is having very fast offer LOL , there's almost no opps as every one with BP is very aggressive.however, the rental demand is extremely huge.