These are groups where other investors network and learn but in person.  

You either have personal knowledge or boots on the ground so you won't be throwing a dart at a place you know nothing about outside of a spreadsheet.

Looks like more of an appreciation game.

I know the owner of Strawberry PM personally, and she sounds good, but I've never actually worked with her.Start by going to www.narpm.org to search their directory of managers.

Once you have those personal experiences from managing your own property, you will be able to identify and vet these property management companies when they're trying to make excuses of whatever the reason is as it stops you from achieving your objective. 

They are expensive $200 each but they do not break down and you can track who uses codes so a family could each have their own code per person.

When that person said that, we realized how much power we had to negotiate terms that helped us reach our goals.You can't just take what's being offered when you negotiate.

You have to know it takes effort and a lot of time, play the long game, but it's totally worth it. 

I know of one person in Oregon doing it, but he doesn’t want to share how it’s done.

A very good local agent would be the starting point of the conversation for me personally.