Often 10-20-30 degrees cooler than the inland Valley's the OR Coast is a remote but accessible refuge. 

It may be also worth noting that I am a remote investor in Santa Monica, CA and do not have easy access to the property.

Some that need property access to do a virtual inspection, and some that dont. 

The contracts were not editable online, and I couldn't access the webinar recordings.

When deciding between managing your own property or hiring a professional service, consider these key factors: your available time and expertise, knowledge of local regulations, property scale and location, access to reliable maintenance resources, tenant management capabilities, financial implications, emergency responsiveness, and personal preference for hands-on versus delegated management.

Cash flow and access to capital are common problems for real estate investors and house flippers.

Rents typically follow the "Common rents" of the neighborhood which your agent should know or have access to in most cases.

Most leases you access for free are very basic and worth exactly what you paid for them.6) Why would you do that?

That way its easily accessible when an opportunity arises.

In our opinion, an investor should only work with agents that meet at least one of the following:1) Own rentals themselves for at least 24 months2) Have a 3-5 year track record of rental transactions, that they can document3) Know how to calculate 1% Rule, ROI, NOI, etc.4) Have access to tired investors selling the rentalsHopefully, the agents you've been referred to meet one or more of these:)