Set up Keyword alerts, since you're in Santa Barbara you can set up an alert for "Santa Barbara" or "Southern California" or "beach" to be alerted when someone posts on the forums that may be relevant or interesting to you! 

Being that you already have a specific focus, I'd recommending adding keyword alerts so that you are notified when topics (i.e.

Because, during the investigation of the High-rise Condo collapse in FL, one of the factors cited was deferred maintenance. 

We use a YTDpaystub and last year’s W-2(s) to calculate income several different ways:Hourly or salary income calculated to a monthly amountYTD income divided by number of YTD monthsYTD + W-2(s) income divided by the corresponding number of monthsIf these numbers vary too much, then we investigate and require an acceptable Letter of Explanation.Employment StabilityUnless an applicant has exceptional credit, we strive to determine their stability of employment to make surethey’ll always be able to pay the rent on time.

My statewide and generic keyword rankings have steadily been going up.

Transferring a rental property into LLC does limit your liability, but keyword there is limit. 

(Or save "east bay meetup" as a keyword on BP).

This is a great place to learn and further investigate investing in real estate.

Agreed with @Nathan Gesner and @Paul De LucaI'd also set up keywords alerts here on BP so that you can be notified when an area or topic of interest is mentioned on the forums.This will familiarize you with some frequently asked questions and shorten your learning curve.All the best!

They actually came out and cut samples from the carpet and had an investigator interview us (we were not even in the country when this took place).