As for Stockton, my husband has a client that just bought a live in flip there (that guy has done a few in the area. 

And it beats trying to find a nice quiet place in the city to catch a nap, or get a few minutes of quiet time to unwind, or even complete some business work (used to think Starbucks served this purpose.)An interesting concept that has lead me to wonder if anyone else is taking advantage of this in conjunction with their AirBNB strategies, or any other strategy.

Seems like at least half the bad ones were not clients but on the other end of it.

I have been making offers for clients and getting rejected left and right with 60-100k over asking.

If you don’t  know their new address their old address (your rental) is where you send the demand letter and have them served.

I had a similar idea by attaching myself to an real estate agent so that they can refer me to clients buying properties to rent through Airbnb, but I like your idea even better.

This isn't "first come first serve" it's all about placing the best tenant for the property into the property.

Second, nothing will decide my success as well as my quality of tenants, and while it's one thing to let someone fix a toilet, it's another to let someone decide who your clients are going to be. 

I recently made a connection with a client who is a newer real estate investor.

At least two of them have done kitchen/bath remodels for me personally in addition to serving dozens of our clients over the years.