What would be the very best episode to start her out with?

My advise is to start with single family or a small multi-family ground up project first but this market environment is truthfully not the time to be completing any ground up projects unless you are self performing the construction which it doesn't appear you are in a position to do.There was a recent Philadelphia  forum chain started by someone else who was contemplating ground up in a similar fashion to what you are proposing and I cautioned they would be better off buying something that was newly built and believe after conducting their own diligence realized it was too cost prohibitive at this time to build with 3rd party GC's in Philadelphia when also accounting for the interest rate environment and cost to build.

To facilitate an informed decision regarding my suitability for the role, I would like to propose starting with a trial period which would allow you to evaluate my performance and see firsthand how effectively I manage properties remotely.Thank You.

I am looking to take that step and start to gain experience. 

I am also concerned that when the economy starts to weaken, the more rural areas will get even more challenging.  

Not sure if my response is still relevant - I've also started receiving mail promos from attorneys.

My end goal is to start investing myself.

Message me if you'd like some additional details / Realtor contacts / support and cleaner contacts up there who can get you started. 

Please help a first timer who is just starting to learn about tax lien certificates and has a bit of interest.

I haven't seen any that are "too old"  just some that are in too bad of shape to not tear down and start from scratch.