They have a good set of advertisements that focus on their whole house strategy which is good IMHO.We are running about 50/50 on bookings for 2025 right now.

Historically, full service management on the coast has been costly but in recent months management rates have come down and quality has improved.

For cash flow, I'd recommend checking out the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point) or Fayetteville in NC and Sumter and Florence in SC. 

Midwest markets, tertiary markets, are ones I would look into Good LuckGino

Without the high leverage you reduce the top source of return in CA RE which is achieve via the appreciation on a high leverage property.  

Quality over quantity for me. 

Having the contractor relationship in place to move quickly and provide a high quality renovation at a reasonable price.

They have a ton of really valuable and good information with their webinars, etc. 

These properties are generally in high demand, but on a positive there will be drastically less new inventory of competing rental properties. 

It's mostly Class A properties, a few Class B.You may find the below copy & paste info useful in addressing your question:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend you first figure out the property Class you want to invest in, THEN figure out the corresponding location to invest in.Property Class will typically dictate the Class of tenant you get, which greatly IMPACTS rental income stability and property maintenance/damage by tenants.If you apply Class A assumptions to a Class B or C purchase, your expectations won’t be met and it may be a financial disaster.If you buy/renovate a property in Class D area to Class A standards, what quality of tenant will you get?