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.

If you decide to revisit STRs, you might want to explore properties where you can project expenses independently, such as using local STR forums or online tools to estimate maintenance, management, and occupancy costs.For networking and strategy-building, you might find local meetups or groups beneficial.

Unfortunately, while all the online places area great sources of information, you are much less likely to take action, or find someone to shadow, when online in a forum. 

Look up the default risk by credit score, this information is readily available online. 

Networking with local real estate groups or online forums could help you find recommendations for PM companies that have a proven track record in Birmingham 

But, I bet-ya it's also effective.  

Brown: I use https://www.bestwyomingregisteredagent.com/Very simple, 100% online, they are responsive if you need help.

Since the last time I was online, I have grown the investing to fix and flipping and a portfolio of 4 properties that are producing passive income.  

Your best bet would be to find a portfolio lender whose niche aligns with your investment strategy.

I found it researching online after many months.