It stays full on weekends but we're missing weekday rentals, especially in non-peak season.

Seems like a decent guy, I enjoyed visiting with him (full disclosure, haven't worked with him yet).http://live.ehlertlaw.com/about

@David Cherkowsky, the lender will take the full rental income reported on the tax return, for that property, subtract it from the total expenses, add back depreciation, property taxes, mortgage interest, home insurance, HOA(if applicable), sometimes repair expenses(must be documented), divide it by the total amount of months the property was in service for that year (THIS NUMBER IS ON YOUR TAX RETURNS, SO MAKE SURE YOUR ACCOUNTANT DOES NOT PUT 12 MONTHS), and subtracts it against your total monthly mortgage payment.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: Airbnb is the worst and somehow continue to outdo themselves time and time again. 

For our flooded location luckily we had full coverage.  

Amateur investor/full time agent here. 

For instance, and in brief only using one concept (not meant to be the full list of criteria), a rural property has a population restrictions and proximity to Metropolitan Service Areas ("MSA" - think big city area) as some restrictions.

My question to y'all good folks: Do you know of, or can you recommend, a company or brokerage that deals in property management in California that I could work for full-time and learn everything there is to know? 

there are times in every cycle for certain strategies. 

The world really is out there for you, but to be a winner you'll need to suffer if you aren't starting out with a pot full of money.