Can anyone point me in the right direction of a good source to use and refer my client to? 

I've thought of subscribing to Angie's list as a source for contractors and was going to ask the BP family what they though of that, it's specific to each area and those contractors who subscribe certainly care about their reputation and want continuous work so in my mind it's not a bad option (and the yearly subscription is not expensive at all). 

My partner and I bought our first home a few months ago and are looking to acquire a few more properties as a source of rental income.

Spend most of your time searching and making direct contact with the source.

Do you have another source of income along with this 10K?

Plus, it seems like BP is going to be a great source of education and networking.We do have one rental property as a result of buying another primary residence a couple years back.

That has been a huge source of my learning.

That set up sounds great for a second rental source. 

There are more selection in terms of larger custom homes at lower areal cost ($/sf) than Silicon Valley.Morgan Hill $837,500 +25.9% 40Gilroy $657,000 +18.9% 80 Contact me for direct link to each neighborhood sources.

I'd say the biggest takeaway is that you can never ask too many questions and always double check the seller's answers against other sources.