Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.

When I return to the country after my Au Pair contract ends, I hope to live in the property as my primary residence and house-hack as well.I understand that investing remotely makes things more challenging, but I am also ready to be uncomfortable and challenge myself in this journey as I know it is 100% possible.

It sounds like you’re in a great position to succeed, given your extensive renovation expertise.As a fellow real estate investor, I completely understand how challenging it can be to choose the right design elements, especially when you want to make a space appealing to potential buyers.

Past success is a good indicator of future performance. understand the risk if the project takes longer or costs more.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

For me as well as the seller.First, you have to define Sub to financing.Do you mean the reckless kind where you overpay for a property, take over the financing and borrow from others to cover closing costs and holding costs when you have no money, no credit, no income, no reserves and can't tell a warranty deed from a deed of trust and you close on the kitchen counteror do you meanbuying below market value, already having a nice income, having reserves, using escrow and title, already understanding the due on sale clause, have done a lot of creative purchases and know when to use and when not to use creative finance and how to recover if something goes amiss?

You have to walk these properties, understand where the hidden costs are outside of the spreadsheets, and understand the geographic appreciation trend and migration and population as well, none of which will be in the questions you are asking. 

Here's a chart from ShowMojo based upon the thousands of properties their clients use their system for:Not sure how any landlord or PMC doesn't understand that DOM are affected by the time of year and it's taking longer to find tenants than any time since 2018!

Pick up the phone or stop by local code enforcement offices to make sure that you have a crystal clear understanding of local laws and regulations.

Check your state laws on tenant abandonment - then follow them.You can choose to be more aggressive, but make sure you understand the risks!