I appreciate any advice or suggestions you can share.

Use the two years to learn the area and I would suggest as soon as you can, find a duplex and start a house hack. 

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

Nathan Roberts also on this site may have some suggestions as well. 

Prior to diving in I would suggest a few things: I agree with @Kevin SobiloInvest in relationships and knowledge before taking the leap1.

This is the fork where I'm not sure if I'd be good to get some CRE exp and invest in learning about how to review deals for the next 2-3 years, or focus on generating revenue for investment purposes and watch how things are done as a LP.My personality more aligns with networking, reaching out to people, connecting, navigating difficult situations and finding solutions that work.

Nothing is foolproof of course, but having another investor in your market make a suggestion at least gets us on the right foot. 

We’re considering reaching out to local hospitals to offer it as housing for travel nurses and doctors, but we’d love to hear any advice or suggestions on the best approach this?

How would you suggest going about finding a deal and managing it out of state.

Suggest you go to their site, there is approx 7 videos for you to watch to see if you want to go to the next step.