The type of home you buy determines the tenant you get. 

Quote from @Mindy Nicol: Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in St Augustine.

If you're planning to buy in the US, there are programs for those that aren't US citizens.

Buy properties with more and more units.- Can also try to do seller financing, but much harder to find.

Little background behind the door: It's a MDF cheap one you buy at HD or Lowes. 

For context, I'm based in the SF Bay Area in CA and looking into buying my first OOS rental after house hacking locally for 10 years.

The early portion of my career was buying turnkey rentals, like the one you described. 

People were falling over crazy to buy anything and driving prices up.

Those that preach no/low down payments are mostly just trying to appeal to the masses who want everything for nothing that will buy their courses.

We also have many unique buyer incentives where an investor can get up to a 10% price reduction to come into immediate equity, or get that 10% as a cash back at closing to reduce your down payment and increase your ROI, or buy rates down into the low 4s on 30yr loans to maximize cash flow.