I do residential new developments in San Antonio and would like to do something in the RAL space to provide some value to a growing issue in the area.

Where I differ with most of the posters on this thread is that I feel solutions can be developed to address the problems and something similar to what the OP suggests would be viable. 

Pretty catchy IMO.....VRBOs money would be much better spent hiring better talent on the app/web development side.

Is there a local developer/builder who might be interested in the whole package?

If this is your 5th deal you should have already developed a banking relationship with a commercial banker.

I am basically looking for a cashflow property in the Lehigh Valley or anywhere else, but I would love to visit the property as I am staying in the NJ/NY region.

Anyone that is looking at your assets is always going to need to factor in property management, so you can show that as a real expense (and really make it as high or low as you want).I work in a vertically integrated real estate and development company, and I cannot imagine how things would run if we did not have an internal property management company that essentially works for the other companies but also stands on its own.

there are ways to get around the highest and you also need to take into account the savings you will generally have on the purchase side when compared to other regions. 

Incensed deal flow by developing a large list of contacts of commercial mortgage brokers using LinkedIn.  

Good question, they seem to be all over the place depending on the area and I am not an insurance specialist, I think typically 1.5-2x normal rates but I could be off by a bit i have been honing in on White Hawk if you know that development and its in the pines but it does have water system with hydrants but volunteer fire department ..