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.

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

And to boot, he literally posts it all online FREE for anyone/everyone to take and use. 

If you're more of a 'personal referral' person than a 'do research online' person, and this is local to you in Manhattan, KS, hit up one or two of the trades people in the "little apple all stars" BNI group.

I've heard some rumors of Airdna skewing data a bit (I've heard this first hand and read online.)

I recommend doing your research and looking at properties online. 

Louis, Memphis, and Birmingham offer a good balance of affordability and rental demand, while online platforms, auctions, and networking with local agents can help you find undervalued properties.

For contact management like that its awesome to search for specific types of people and locations or just data like "how long does it take to foreclose in texas".We have some other use cases as well that we use to track not only ours but competitors results online and learning what does and does not work for different aspects of the business.

Have these guys ever heard of Quicken or any of the online personal finance programs available to track spending?

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.