Gaining a risk-free property, with a long-term resident there to pay down your fees, etc, with a property management company in place to hold your hand along the way and making sure your property is kept up with. 

Billion dollar tech companies are moving in. 

I work for a wholesale company that does 10-15 deals/mo in Alabama.

To the insurance company they will view an STR differently than a LTR.  

We also have connections with real estate agents, wholeslaers and title companies.

I’d love to hear about the crime rates or any other issues (which we cannot guess from the online stats), and how easy or hard it is to find reliable tenants and property management companies.

With technology and the right culture property management companies can be successful with a mix of local and remote team members. 

I believe sometimes a bad experience is more reflective of the individual than the company. 

For example, could I use my SDIRA to operate a management company that charges my holding LLCs a management fee?

(They claimed thousands for electrical using what appeared to be a fake electrical company, and they never had someone out to even check electrical beyond the general.)