If you want to be able to fly out, Calgary or Edmonton are your best bet. 

I would say your best bets is a gym as a tenant amenity or a community room that tenants can rent for family functions, parties, etc. 

I bet no more than 5% of the population is in high fire risk areas.  

@Danielle DeCormisKey would be to find a DSCR lender that would allow for a second and then with that loan do you still meet dscr ratioA better bet would be to bring in an equity partner

If that works for you, it works for me fine, but seems odd.

I bet you don't have any friends who want to do this at your age so when you tell people about your dreams they say it's crazy.

As low as the market went for mortgages and housing shortage, the only sure bet in my opinion is housing prices will continue to rise. 

It's the odd ones out that probably got a great deal on a property and immediately jumped into just getting good-great cash flow.I would say look at your dollars ($), do the math, make sure your sites are set on not going over your funds ($), make sure the location you are looking at has your criteria and find a property that fits.

We obviously handle the ones near us in-house, but hiring someone in another market to work one day a month is a bit of an odd task.My guess is that remote property management companies need to have a sort of Swiss-army-knife person in the area that can do many variable tasks for them and works on an hourly basis as there may not always be things to do, but I don't know that for a fact.How do remote/long-distance property management companies overcome the challenges of not being in the area?

That happens in a couple ways- but your best bet is to find an investor friendly agent that will let you tap in to their network.