I was trying to find some public documentation that Ronald Folsum is the CFO of Norada (google search) but came up empty. 

If you read the reviews of some of these places on Google it's apparent the management is poor in many of them and maintenance and capex has probably been ignored for a long time.

They would have been on Google hitting up people like me, with a #1 ranking website.Motivated sellers, chase you.

The bigger companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc, use RMC's to handle their relocations and they are very very difficult to pierce.

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or lose money in any market.

try KiaviLima one these are large lenders that will give you a baseline on costs.. then google hML Boise for locals pick up the phone or make an appointment.

Things like landscaping/snow removal and labor cost for repairs are going to be highly variable based on your market so you'd need to do your own research on the going rate by either talking to other local investors, running your own google search, or exploring basic services on thumbtack/angies list etc. 

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

Multiple, billion dollar companies are investing heavy in our area, such as Intel, Google, and Amazon.

@David Dachtera  If you haven't heard the story of Colonel Sanders and how he got into KFC, you ought to google it.