Do people invest in them with particular strategies in mind (development project down the line)? 

So if you want a true solid evaluation of their program you need to judge it buy how efficient they are in teaching you how to generate MOTIVATED seller leads.. not just "seller leads".Then you find the students that didn't take selfies with their paychecks.

As Carlos said, there are plenty of people house hacking in the Bay, but the obvious things you need to be comfortable with are the prices and the landlord/tenant laws. 

I cant seem to make them understand that I am looking for people who just owe back taxes but still own the property.

But I would not, not use them just because people responding to this post have not heard of this specific lender. 

Currently have multiple projects in SB with some nearing completion.looking forward to meeting some local minded people.

Maybe people are doing a little of both.

Furnish finder is for mid-term rentals and even with that, hosts are finding Airbnb does better at bring people in to stay for few months. 

RUBS seems like another easy idea that we'd have to calculate monthly, costs me nothing, and does a fair division of the bill based on the number of people per unit.

As an out-of-country investor, it’s crucial for me to work with trustworthy people, and Mark has been exactly that.