In SC there are aging and omsbudsman services that are coordinated via regional government agencies. 

I would love to connect and chat with others here in the LA region who are also looking to invest out of state, or those who already have invested out of state and could pass on some advice. 

Depends on how habitable is defined in your region.

I still don't know if i want to live on the east coast or the Orlando region.

In 2010, we moved to Fort Knox which was experience the military BRAC and the region was expanding. 

If I treat them that way, I will be a lot less dependent on VRBO/HomeAway.I am also looking into some regional Florida sites and Vacation Soup but I don't have a lot of faith.

My issue right now with buying my own home or house hacking is that I don't want to be tied to a primary residence for a year, using an FHA loan, if career opportunities present themselves out of state or even in different regions of the state.

You will want to look into smaller regional banks for financing and as long as your proforma caps aren't ridiculous and you can show a cap rate reduction from going in to coming out or refi, you should be fine. 

So my other thought was, maybe i could use a turnkey company that is out of my region? Ive

Then you flip it to a regional to national builder with plat plans already approved by the city or county.If you are selling off lots it can be tricky as local builders usually will only buy 1 to 2 at a time to see if that goes well to limit risk and have options on more lots.