Based on a quick answer from Perplexity it seems like there would be no issue with you buying the home and collecting passive income, but you may not be allowed to manage it yourself since that is considered active work.

If you have a lot of family in OK, that can be a great place to start assessing since you have dedicated boots on the ground, as well as a reason to visit.Don't overthink the analyzing of markets when you are still figuring things out.

It was a personal referral, received a credit at closing for renovations as well How did you finance this deal?

It also did not have a pool like your property so that would probably lower the desirability as well.

You get an operation running well and then you can be benevolent.  

I ended up signing with them as well - 3 months in to the lease so far and it's going well.

I have a quadplex it has a basement we roughed in to add a unit one day....well, we're thinking it's "one day". 

That is bump up for me as well.

We also had a transient tax and municipality as well.

I was thinking of starting a rent increase for my 1 bedroom tenant voucher due it being low and well under fair market value(Based on  hud and zip code) but my tenant is in the process of having a caretaker for her disability and getting approved for a two bedroom voucher.