You may not get the first property you offer on because if it looks good to you, you will probably have competition so start offering on properties that fit into your personal investment philosophy and meet your minimum financial requirements. 

@Elise Bickel Tauber Would be a great person to connect with!

We had a client that bought in Port huron and then ended up selling their property because they went through 3 PMCs and gave up trying to find a great one:(Some copy and paste advice below:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

When I go to get more work done, I use the person that was fairly priced and met my expectations that first time, I do not shop around again for the lowest deal.

I would guess that you have little or no experience running any kind of STR, and now want to get that experience on the back of someone else's investment, with little or no personal skin in the game, and that's not a good way to build an investment portfolio.

This agreement is just like a listing agreement when you go list a home, you are hiring the right person for the job, so this is the same type of contract, but this person is hired to find you the right home. 

I personally have not experienced any government change that has ruined a deal for me.But fear not!

@Zach Howard there are a few loan types here in the states for foreign nationals, some that require personal income verification and others that do not.

For my personal education, which one insurance should I have?

I use Baselane, personally.