Not only did it force me to setup my accounting system, and other property management systems, it forced me into the weeds. 

My intention is to build my business with systems in place, so that I can hand over essential duties to future employees. 

Try out your airbnb idea with your current unit before going and buying a SFH for that purpose to see if you like the business and to help set up the systems you will need while running it remotely from camp.

I also do not like the 1 months rent to fill a unit, that sounds like it can be very expensive.V/R

Home is in good condtion with newer systems and rents within hours. 

Just to help verify this amount, I set up a separate account in my bookkeeping system to hold the additional charges.  

Once you pick a state / city you can start diving into towns and suburbs to see where the better school systems are and better places to live or where you feel a solid investment can be made. 

Thank you guys, @Gulliver R.

@Joshua A Fuhriman My friend has his own team in India that works as his virtual assistants and they do as they are instructed to (as part of his system), to do backend work but my friend is still face and sound of his platform in Baltimore.

As @Mark Fries states, there are deals out there, but you have to have a system to get the homes.