So should I wait to network with people until I get back to America in May or June or continue reaching out online but with a more direct plan? 

Both through Americas Credit Union, they’ll go up to 80% LTV on non-owner.

No amount of rent control legislation has ever changed that basic reality anywhere in America, despite all the hand fluttering and pearl clutching.We live in a country where no one has any money aside and Bankrate.com estimates that a $1K emergency would push 60% of Americans into debt.

What they need is an "investor" (read parent(s)) to help them qualify.When I was working in corporate America I was in the same situation as you.

I am also looking in other cities in middle America.   

Bank of America will classify a home as an investment property if you rent it out for any length of time.

Here are a few articles discussing why this city is on everyone's radar: https://smartasset.com/mortgage/top-boomtowns-in-america-2019 and https://www.fool.com/millionacres/research/top-10-hottest-demand-markets-rental-investment-2020/.

Not yet.If containment mainly to China via travel restrictions and 14-day quarantine can be enforced, it is probably not a pandemic threat ever to North America or Western Europe or Australia.

It is very Un-Cardone of me to speak of helping someone, but this is America and that unit looks worse than places I've slept in Afghanistan.

I want to ask is there any resource,book,or anyone out there who teaches how we can buy or handle our rental properies in America while Living in other country.