Dyches Boddiford (Google him) is Atlanta-based and offers an outstanding 2-day event on this very topic.

Ideally I'd like to deal with one agent that can do nationwide.

All homes have bills paid and have no outstanding blights.

San Diego RE has historically achieved outstanding cash flow.Actual cash flow is the cash flow over the hold period.

The PHX Vegas Central CA FLA  ATL markets were markets that got Hammered in the GFC. these were areas of HUGE amount of new construction and a really big swath of the renters were in construction.. in 08 construction came to a halt pretty much nationwide so areas that had a big portion of their tenants in the trades got hammered ..

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply).4) As an alternative to taking the loan, you could even purchase the investment property directly using funds in your Solo 401k (assuming you are self-employed & select a Solo 401k plan provider which allows you to invest in real estate).

If you can't leverage a realtor a paid option is Propstream which gives you nationwide access to the MLS. 

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply).

Exciting stuff and outstanding achievements for the both of you.

However, because there is a nationwide trend to legalization, even if it is illegal in your state there may be policies in place against aggressive enforcement.