Never the less, I agree that you need to physically be there and check on your investments. 

The community has amenities, is STR friendly, and excellent proximity to Jack Frost Big Boulder.

Tenant Relations: A property manager with excellent tenant management skills can reduce turnover and increase tenant satisfaction.

There is an old joke: you don't have to run faster than the bear, just faster than your friend.There are hundreds of leases signed every week, your apartment needs to be more attractive than 50% of what's out there and it will be rented quickly.So you'll have to do some mystery shopping and (ideally) physically look at your competition.

If you have excellent (760+) credit, can hit a 1.20+ ratio, loan amount is where it needs to be, it's a single family long term rental and you're okay with (and state/lender allows) a 5-year prepay, low 7s is possible.

The house is needing some repairs, but have not physically looked yet.

I'd break it down into two steps.  1) Move-out & physical damages.  

They will likely have an edge over you due to their local expertise, relationships and physical presence. 

I went back to see if I was doing anything wrong and those numbers line up within my excel sheet so really wondering. 

I live in Bismarck & Its a great community and I think excellent for rental properties (I have multiple rentals here).