I’m assuming the person flipping would probably have to have an extremely great deal or partner with someone who’s done this before?

I typically recommend beginning with a prequalification letter so you can have a solid understanding of your purchase power in the U.S., which will help steer you into the right markets/areas for investing.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

More power to you.   

For those that have already spent some time and $$$ there, what are your experiences and numbers looking like for things such as:Rental/property management feesclosing costs (as percent of transaction)vacancy rates (on and off season)price to rent ratioyoy appreciation$/sqft to build (I know, this is a "it depends" number)Utility issues (water, power, trash, septic, etc.)Anything else that you think would be helpful!

The property management software makes it extremely easy and efficient.

@Zach Lemaster  I think Zach will have one of his team help you I am sure. they are extremely responsive to their clients.

I have made numerous clients extremely wealthy.

Heartless and has an agendaIt's ironic you say this because the site is extremely friendly to your profession. 

One other thing I didn't mention is that our timeline for moving is extremely flexible and we would not make our plans until after we have found a suitable tenant (even if that means staying with a friend or renting something short term locally), so at the moment I am a bit inclined to want to try things ourselves using some of the recommendations from @Nathan Gesner, @Chris Berry and others.I also did a a rough analysis based on the two local PMs I have researched and the potential cost savings would be over $6,000 a year.