So here are my questions: while there are sections on this site to find people to create your team, how do you know who are the best people to be on your team when there are so many?

Having good, mutually beneficial relationships with all the right people is paramount for success.

This ensures they are keeping an eye on everything, they get to see what it's like to be a landlord, they have to take responsibility for the lawn and other maintenance, they will learn to deal with people issues, and more.

I've found most people have moved from sending checks via mail.

I think Sacramento is a great market - lots of Bay Area people moving up there. 

Negotiating with people who only live through their emotions is difficult.

I think there are a few private money lenders in our group including myself, people are always needing funds, and there's a few wholesalers that also are passing deals around.

I'm looking for a recommendations from people that have received coaching for investing in multifamily apartments.

The fact that it loses money is somewhat mitigated by my tax savings at year's end (I have RE professional status).You just have to keep in mind that although there's a lot of tourists to the area a lot of them are cheap bastards that gravitate towards the lowest fares out there, and there's so much supply especially in the last 2+ years that it's a serious race to the bottom as you're competing with people who bought at $150-200k 10-15 years ago, never fix up their place and don't care if they rent for $99/night.

I Don't need people leaving useless basic info a 10 second google search could answer.