Also, are you doing a LTR or would you consider a medium-term rental (or heck, even short-term rental)?

We also aren’t set on doing long, medium, or short term, and would be open to advice about which way will probably be best for our given situation.

Medium to large size business owners2.

Off season there are traveling health care workers & other medium term renters.

Medium Term Rental, typically furnished like a STR but minimum of 30 days.

Looking to build 26 rental homes mostly 3 bed and 4 bed low to medium income.

Oklahoma City continues to have a net influx of jobs and with the recent infrastructure bond proposals having all passed, I remain optimistic about Oklahoma City in the near and medium-term future. 

You are able to medium term in an HOA community regardless of the HOA rules, but STR you will not be able to do if the HOA does not allow it even if you live in the unit and rent out a portion of it as an STR. 

medium term? 

Then again, the tenants would likely be C to B (at BEST), the units are older which indicates a medium term need for more CapEx Improvements, and your concerns of not being able to find a reputable property manager to manage such a property are concerning to me.