Laguna beach is niche area and hard to find much of anything the rents there do have consistently.

But if you learn and work hard you will be handsomely rewarded in due time.Beware of those promising you the rose garden:We have training-Consist of sending you to the training prepared by the local board of realtors, which is not bad, but you need someone to break things down for you on a personal level.

Just opened up the website so I can get some more info, are the meetings on a consistent date each month or do they change from month to month?  

I am, of course, willing to pay a reasonable fee for the service as long as it's consistently reliable in terms of having accurate, current phone numbers for the owners.Any insight is greatly appreciated.

That time has passed and at this point, basic cash-flow and returns are no longer reasonable for small scale investors.I will not deny the ability of others to find the occasional diamonds, but you cannot consistently invest in that area with success here.

We really need to put together our strategy and stay consistent with it.  

I haven't really looked into it in-depth as I am a cash-flow guy, and I can't find a consistent way to do so in Seattle.In my opinion, unless you have a pressing reason for making a buy-hold purchase in South Beacon Hill, I would look further south.

You need good systems and a good process that you execute on consistently.

Can anyone suggest any locations they feel will draw consistent tenants and the pricing of the home is decent?

Assuming that you know that you need to do your own number crunching to make sure that your current home will rent in such a way as to provide consistent monthly positive cash flow then you need to consider the following two possible scenarios:1)If you finance as a business you will need 25% down in many cases and you will typically only be able to amortize the loan over 25 years (with a 5 year fixed rate)  At the end of five years the bank will reevaluate their investment in your business and determine whether to renew your loan and at what terms.