Maybe see if they have a two- or three-month trial period and take the gamble. 

@Rob Beardsley @Tom Ott What are some good sources you use to find market data when you narrow down from say a state search to your your chosen market or sub market?

We have chosen real estate as the vehicle for that.  

You can head to other neighborhoods as your chosen management company shows competence. 

Win/win for a small gamble.

California is not the market for cash flow, it is the market for appreciation which is speculation (gambling).

Investments are nothing more then legal gambling how much are you willing to risk before you get out of that investment how much are you trying to gain.

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It also allows you to put tenants in the property that you have chosen rather than relying on someone else's choice of tenants that you may be stuck with for the duration of the lease.

If you're going to buy foreclosures at an auction there's going to be some aspect of gambling involved.