Chris I do flips and have been looking st rentals in CH but have passed on rental deals - just from lack of knowing speed/ability to rent.What was your experience like finding tenants?

This will probably speed up gentrification, as gentrification is more a result of owner occupants than landlords. 

Any good resources to get up to speed?

I can PM some concerns and issues we have run up against recently in order to bring a prospective manager up to speed.

Conventional wisdom has always been not to re-name an established cabin due to name recognition so we held on to it .. for awhile.  

I am passionate about being a resource for newer investors so they can have less speed bumps than I did.

I hope to get up to speed quickly so I contribute back ASAP.I'm a full-time front-end engineer earning a respectable salary at a mature startup that so far seems poised to do well in the next few years. 

It's really easy to listen to a guy that started 2 years ago talk about buying 40 properties and want to jump in full speed.

@Kristie Smith The eviction process and foreclosure process in Texas both benefit the landlord due to speed, not to say they are any less expensive when it comes to legal fees.

Being within a 2 hour drive of San Francisco has me contemplating how the market out here would react if California ever finishes the high speed rail that has been in planning.