Right now you are the licensed, insured, have  o experience and if you work remotely off little in the way of hands on at a property.Honestly someone could hire a Virtual Assistant from a other country.I would try and build your resume by working for a company for now.

You should be able to find a reputable investment focused broker to provide 20% down for your purchase.

If it makes a difference, the DIL could purchase in her name or in her construction company's  LLC name. 

However I have done residential real estate deals in 13 states using various exit strategies and my main advantage for this project is that I own a GC company within range of the property with experience handling large scale projects.

We just bought a condo on the Gulf Coast, and the old management company has said the same snowbirds come to our unit every year from December 15- March 31.

There are a few ways to accomplish this transaction: a real estate broker acting as a transaction coordinator/facilitator (not representing the buyer or seller), a real estate attorney, and/or a title company.I would opt for a licensed broker to handle the contract of sale, and hand it over to the title (or escrow) company. 

Other smaller areas in Texas can work as well.Do you mean turnkey meaning all-in-one so the turnkey company handles property management, tenant leasing, etc?

Encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

You will meet local investors, agents, wholesalers, title companies, etc.

Hi Trevor, I have a lot of experience with different turnkey companies.