I own 3 SFR in Columbia MO (I live in KCMO) and was using property mgmt, but due to similar difficulties you faced, I opted to self manage and stopped using my mgmt company.

Quote from @Kaleb Garrett: In the town my parents live in (small town in East Tennessee) there is a small solar farm.

Right now I have two properties live.

Investment property (not primary residence) It's the industry standard if you're not going to live there.

A lot of qualifying questions for any potential tenant.Having said the above, I ask for some "standard" things, such as the names of everyone who'll be living at the unit.

We will soon live in the world the AI will schedule the whole trip starting from airplane ticket to restaurants and we will be just a part of it.

This requires 10% down and you typically just have to live in the property for 14 days out of the year.

Our standard language states:In the event that Tenants decide they no longer want to live together, ___________ will be considered the primary Tenant to make decisions about modifying or terminating tenancy.

Strategy 1: buy a duplex, live in one unit (for one year as a "primary residence) and rent out another unit as a short-term / mid-term rental on Airbnb.

Quote from @Eric Gerakos: My wife and I buy many “fractional” notes where we live in California.