Honestly, get on-line and read, buy a book, or talk to a knowledgeable person and you will be further ahead.  

I briefly looked online at Elk Grove, parts of Citrus Heights, and West Sacramento (near downtown).

Hi Adelaide,For STR - you are going to get most of your business from all the sports events -- racing - Indy 500, football -Colts, NBA - Pacers, WNBA - Fever (Caitlyn Clark), We just hosted the Olympics swim trials, other events include Big Ten Championships, NCAA tournaments (NCAA headquarters here), and the Combine (recruitment for NFL).We also have a pretty busy convention center -- not huge like Vegas or Orlando, but it is solidly booked year round with events like ComiCon, GenCon, Firefighters Association, Future Farmers of America, Candy Expo, and various others.For MTR, you are looking mostly at traveling nurses and medical personnel, you also may get contract workers for the larger corporations like Lilly, Sales Force, or Rolls Royce.Happy to hop on a call and discuss further.

I don't engage in online shouting matches. 

Petscreening will ask the appropriate questions to ensure the applicant is not using a fake letter or registration purchased online.

Not the $5000 houses you read about online. 

@Tricia O'BrienI spoke with Chrissy from Moxie today, she said all the right things, 300 properties under management, team of 4, online payments, low fee for placing residents and reasonable monthly fee.

You can also check their reviews online at Google, Facebook, or Yelp.

Yes several investors offer fixed second loan and heloc programs including one 100% online with no appraisal required, disbursement in 5-7 days. 

I was going to say On DMonte, which is listed, aside from keep dropping price, all the way to break-even point (mortgage balance) eventually there isn't much else you can do, but I just saw its showing pending online... so did you manage to get it in escrow?