Opportunities pop up from time to time on my FB feed, in my chosen markets.

You can head to other neighborhoods as your chosen management company shows competence. 

One pretty important criteria for any lender is that you have some guaranteed means of paying back the loan - even if you are highly marketable, you have either not been able to secure work for the last 2 years, or you have chosen to collect unemployment - either way doesn't build your credibility in the eyes of a lender.

The son wants to show his dad only the 'chosen' property.

We did what @Jean Bolger  suggests, lots of research finding out top growth areas after we had chosen specific conditions.  

We'd love to hear your thoughts on our situation:Offer accepted for Single Family Home (foreclosed bank owned) - Chosen through bids - communication with seller was very slow and drawn out.

With my move to Gresham, Oregon to escape the ravages of rampant growth and skyrocketing housing prices in the Bay Area, I have chosen to transfer my production skills into a new adventure in real estate investing.I plan to learn the ropes by starting with a number of flips then building up to buying income properties.

I guess this is sort of a bigger version of that.Still not sure this is the right crypto approach for STR but it'd be interesting to watch. 

My partner and I both work in a real estate company, and have experience on the management side, but not on the acquisition side.I have run through the calculations and I have chosen very conservative numbers for my expenses, but I want to know if I have made them too conservative.

Not sure how often you come back to the US, but you could combo a trip out to your chosen market to start building relationships with agents, contractors, project / property managers etc.