I would study the listings from the top performing rentals in your area to see how they are overcoming any challenges with location.

The break-ins happened on 2 separate SFH that are not located near each other.

Where is it located?

Apparently, the person I am under contract with was managing the estate of the actual owner who recently died.  

If you can find an investment that pays for itself, you won't be so nervous about investing.I also recommend you educate yourself on how to manage well.

Those sounds like great rentals and vacancy rates have been decent - our management team only has a handful of vacanies out of the 300+ we oversee, thankful for that.

Then it likely takes hiring a GC to manage the project.  

 I am looking for any local investor's, property managers, and agents  down in SC.

I almost exclusively sell bank foreclosures for a large asset management company, and I also do a lot of marketing for wholesale deals.

Nobody watches your money like you do, you'll learn how to manage, so you can manage a manager later and you'll save precious early-years cash flow, which allows you to scale faster, especially in the first 5 years.