Lifestyles provides a curriculum of about 25 hours of online classes because they want everyone to be an educated investor. 

This might be an obvious response but how are you going to remotely access the lock if there is no wifi? 

So, if you're ever buying a location, see when the last rate increase was, to determine if there might be an impact to your occupancy levels.  

There should be an alert or something informing each party something is required before moving on to the next step.  

Apparently I'm not searching for the right thing.I'm aware banks won't recognize the value of the rental income because there is no lease, so my target buyer would be an investor or investment firm looking to pay cash.

that would be an extremely powerful way to get started in a new market. 

Our neighbors there are first time homeowners - he has a normal blue collar job and she is a barista at a coffee shop.

You can play games by pretending that you wanted this new place to be an investment (or "being creative" as you put it), but this would be lying and can blow up in your face.

You can work at RE as many or as few hours as you want to....But do you want to help others buy/sell houses, or are you going to be an investor?

Was also a helpful read for only $20 There should be an ETHOS and Bill of Rights for real estate investing. 1st Amendment - You have a right not to be guru'd!