Overland Park, KS vs Kansas City, MO) Very landlord friendly, worst case eviction is usually 8 weeks + $500 + lost rent (cannot comment on individual cases and this is not legal advice) Large diverse metro area - variety of jobs, companies, people can have a career in KC.

One just drives around San Jose/Cupertino/Mtn View/ Sunnyvale and look at all the tech companies and you know its not going anywhere..

I have spoken to both a mortgage banker and a modular cabin company and explained our situation.

Applicant credit scores should be treated with a high level of care and should not be handed out when they aren't assured that you are locking them up and taking due care with private and sensitive data.So, many places, including the screening company we used for years before moving to a PM, provide a suitability score rather than the actual credit score. 

You'll want a title company/closing attorney who understands how to do this correctly.

For perspective, last April I closed on a new construction loan (build to rent) with a turnkey company there (Rent to Retirement).

Another option is setting up a legitimate virtual office through companies that specialize in meeting Google’s requirements—just make sure they provide suite numbers and not P.O. boxes. 

You could even consider investing in a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), which is a company that owns income-generating properties and distributes part of its profits to shareholders.

My wife has focused entirely on residential real estate but now that I am a BDM for a PM company she is also expanding into helping investors. 

Prior to the GFC I had a pretty robust HML company with 20 plus employees doing 60 HML a month through out the mid west Rust belt and deep south by 2010 It was over like 95% of all HML we all got our butts handed to us..