By "partial" I mean renovating the kitchen and bathroom, painting the place, re-tiling the floor and maybe adding some smaller features that can make a difference to prospective buyers, such as new A/C units, new internal doors, or maybe even sell the place furnished (home staging is not really an option here); with no or minimal demolition, and hopefully without electricity or plumbing issues.

The credit card thing has never been an issue until recently, when I needed to rent a car in the next (very remote) town over.

The machine has no emotion and no clue 

I can tell you Rentredi is a huge time waste between issues with the apps and lack of service. big thumbs down and im honestly surprised they are promoted on here. 

Probably not an issue for a veteran... 

That will limit your LTV, but doesn't sound like that will be an issue if you're only looking for $100k. 

I’ll be able to do all the things we, as OOS investors, always look for when we have turnover or maintenance issues.

Considering the local anti landlord laws what would be the best way to handle this to avoid any potential issues from the legal perspective?

The issue you might run into to get 30 year financing on a 5+ unit in AL is the loan size.

If health issues were mentioned, they tried conveying that selling was preferable to simply losing any and all equity if the property was lost to the bank or county.