Market is still moving on the west coast with prices generally holding .. our buyers too tend to have pristine homes that will sell..

My insurance guy for the past 2.5 years has been at wits end because he had to continue to deliver bad news on referrals and estimates for new properties.

I am not familiar with who you are working with but always recommend vetting any company deeply before signing and paying -- those companies tend to have a lot of overhead they need to pay - out of your bottom line.

Because of this, a lot of investors tend to pay cash to avoid these extra fees.

I have found that both are good, Propstream tends to be more saturated in regards to the amount of people using it.

@Raj KandragulaRecommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I find my contractors all through referrals. 

It sounds like you could get closer to 1000/room.Class A properties tend to not cash flow at 20% down. 

More important than a celebrity endorsement is a referral by “students” who’ve been through the workshop and can vouch for its usefulness.2.

Perhaps being new to the area, you are running into more problems because you don't have the benefit of referrals that you had in CA.