That's where good people live, and good people make good tenants.But before you put money down on a house, I would find a quality property manager.

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

Quote from @Dustin Hagemeier: As someone in property management, I’m pleased to share that we’ve had significant success with the Section 8 program. [...]

And will you be utilizing property management firms to help out? 

I have been in property management for 20 years, almost 3 years ago I moved to Birmingham AL to start my investment journey.

Found T&H realty services to be pretty interesting as they provide both buyer brokerage service (to help me find deals) as well as do property management i.e. they are not full turnkey provider necessarily, but reduces some of the hassle for me I guess as an out of state investor. 

She doesn’t need local family to manage it. 

A major part of the success or failure of an STR investment is the design, furnishing and management plan.

Build a strong team with experienced lenders, real estate agents, and property managers, and educate yourself through books and podcasts.

thanks for your time and help 1st off, full disclosure here, Rent To Retirement advertises their properties on my Investment Properties For Sale Show, so I am not a totally unbiased opinion and it's only fair that I tell you this up frontHaving said that, outside of running my show for people like them, I also own a property management company in Northeast Ohio and have worked with 1,000's of out of state investors over the years.I say all of that to say this, the overwhelming majority of negative reviews I have seen on them are very similar to a lot of negative experiences investors have with my property management company and others like it that I've worked with.