Escrow was a little  messy with my being in Hong Kong and doing my first FSBO but I disclosed everything to the seller and let her take possession a month before escrow closed.https://www.redfin.com/CA/Twentynine-Palms/69933-Cielito-Dr-92277/home/160529000(note that those listing pictures are the same ones I took before my co-host charged me for a "deep-cleaning" - eye roll )THE NUMBERSI sold it for $134kTotal invested was $100,013 + ~$7000 (the only number I don't have in front of me) in closing costs, buyer credit, etc for a profit of $27,000 or 27% return on investment.This also doesn't include hotel costs for the early days when the cabin was uninhabitable, the substantial gas and auto wear to travel out there, or all the nights I had to bribe my husband with a trip to Palm Springs. 

Escrow was a little  messy with my being in Hong Kong and doing my first FSBO but I disclosed everything to the seller and let her take possession a month before escrow closed so she could really get to know its quirks.https://www.redfin.com/CA/Twentynine-Palms/69933-Cielito-Dr-92277/home/160529000(note that those listing pictures are the same ones I took before my co-host charged me for a "deep-cleaning" - eye roll )THE NUMBERSI sold it for $134kTotal invested was $100,013 + ~$7000 (the only number I don't have in front of me) in closing costs, buyer credit, etc for a profit of $27,000 or 27% return on investment.This also doesn't include hotel costs for the early days when the cabin was uninhabitable, the substantial gas and auto wear to travel out there, or all the nights I had to bribe my husband with a trip to Palm Springs. 

My favorite source for a beginner is Every Landlord's Legal Guide by NOLO.

After "Location, Location, Location" and "They ain't makin' any more of it" my favorite real estate quote is "You can fix your house but you can't fix your neighbors". 

Do I take the trip out there or Call a local inspector? 

It is one of my favorite meetings so I am at most of them.

ACH, Zelle, Paypal, my favorite is tenant deposits directly into my bank account, no middle man, no fee, no delay.

My entire family still lives in or around Milwaukee and my father will manger the property for me (plus I’ll check on the property during my trips home).

In respective order:- I'm not very familiar with San Antonio's neighborhoods but I'll be making multiple trips over the next year to become so.

The structure might be totally appropriate but a change in deed could be enough to trip up an inexperienced field agent in an audit and then you're on the defense.