There are short sales in there everywhere, everything's for sale and anything under contract is usually $100k or more below what the seller paid for the property.

Of course the worst case is actually getting lawyers involved and I wouldn't go that route I just wanted to make the basic contract law argument about the PoA's limitation. 

A place like this may do ok with displaced parties, but not likely for travel nurses or contract workers based on your description, depending what else is out there. 2 bedroom single-family homes are great rentals because they cost way less to buy and don't rent for much less than a 3-bedroom home.

Currently under contract for one in Sevierville, TN. 

Sounds like a smart kid!

We are in contract for another SFH in the Strong area.  

It was over $5,000 damage but the bed bug company said it wasn't their fault and the tenant signed the contract that the bed bug company wasn't responsible for any damages so I was stuck with fixing it myself.

They are rarely reported accurately by realtors on the MLS when transactions close to begin with and I don't believe anything other than the contract sale prices are utilized although an official study on this would be very interesting albeit a painstaking process to undertake. 

Check the contract.

I have a good agent I've worked with for years and letting him represent me not only gives me the advantage of additional counsel, it also gives me someone else to do the heavy lifting so I can concentrate on the deals themselves rather than the intricacies of the actual contract, the process of moving everything through closing and all the hiccups that often come with investment properties.