Following David Green's Core 4 strategy (realtor, contractor, property manager, and lender) gives confidence to invest anywhere. 

Anyone traveling West to Louisiana and Texas would pass through here.

My tenants are mostly traveling nurses and stay for 3 months on their assignment.

maybe look into do a month to month lease in the off season and str in the peak season. possibly travel nurses in the off season. if you do go the str route there is many ways to automate your systems to make it easier for you so its not another job.

Here’s the detail: Last year, we were tenants looking for a very specific luxury property (we needed an owner that would permit us to sublease when we were away travelling).

The state you live in may not be a good place for this.You can always travel to states that do have good laws surrounding investor purchased tax liens.To me, anything over a 12 month redemption period is not good

In all 3 cases it was the opinion of the professional that infestation was related to recent travel and the tenants have been in the unit for 6 months. 

If it works in this environment with tight conservative underwriting you can be confident in your decision making and when things calm down you may just have a sweet deal on your hands.

I never reccomend Fulton to newbies unless they're in this for the long haul, are confident in their ability to score a killer deal with plenty of margin, and have enough of a war-chest to rise out their learning curve.

Once you're ready for the next purchase you will have experience, solid systems, and the confidence to tackle a bigger project like a BRRRR.