Focus on identifying promising neighborhoods in the north or east bay by leveraging your husband’s contractor network, local real estate agents, and online deal-finding platforms.

Austria, Germany, Luxembourg; these immediately come to mind as "ancient" developed areas in contrast to the "infant" that is USA, and they seem to be doing very well, very efficient, very well setup and established across the strata's. 

Class C is more work than class B, but if managed well can do great.  

The migrant farm worker program works fairly well.

Eliminate debt, establish a budget, and save.

My accountant was charging $100 each which I thought was a little high they are very simple if you have an easy platform .

Build a strong brand, leverage content marketing, and establish a personal brand to attract investors and build credibility.

Competency and Communication are key for me as well as No Hidden Fees.... 

We will see more investors walk away because the properties aren't performing well, but other investors will pick them up and the quantity will remain high.Rates are anyone's guess.

You can reach out to him direct on voxer but that seemed like an automated reply as well.