Wondering if there would be an opportunity to do Section 8 housing there if properties are cheap and market rent is high enough.

Keeping your STR local would be the best case.

I expect 2025 to be higher.I did a cash out refinance recently on a duplex I bought in 2019.

Will they have to be auto programmed to hang up and never call again if so requested? 

I currently have a background in Semiconductor construction from starting as a detail engineering, working to be a construction manager, and now working as a Modular MEP construction consultant in the span of 5 years.

Rental property taxes can be tricky, but you have a few solid options:1.

Currently all $200K is subject to self employment taxes ($30K tax bill).If taxed as an S-Corp, I could pay myself $50K as a salary, and only the $50K would be subject to self employment taxes ($7.5k tax bill).

Many experienced RE attorneys should likely already have something similar to your needs that can be amended to suit your business.

Being a Teacher and self managing your investment home... 

Trying to “take over” a vacant property that appears abandoned is not for the untrained would-be investor.