@Aimee Lawrence  Right now your best bet is someone in the construction trades as far as a renter .  

I want to ditch the cable company ($100+ a month for each address) and go with the cities internet service. 

I think the MLS is going to be your best bet.

Most people wouldn't want to be legally obligated to another financial burden like a lease, so I bet you they'll come up with excuses that she doesn't actually live there.

Sponsors should go beyond that, however, and raise a significant amount of cash for extra reserves--you can bet that the lender won't allow the property to tap the debt service reserve until there are no other options. 

They are doing evictions in my county just not evicting for non payment.Yeah, but I'll bet if you can't show a safety issue like drug dealing or domestic violence they probably won't make her move until this is over.

I've looked all over the internet and I am finding a lot of different articles saying you need a license to do it if you aren't the owner, others saying you don't need one but you need to know the laws, etc.

I know it is hard to tell just by the internet info and Google earth. 

Your best bet is to find either private money or a capital partner.

Still planning to pick up my next investment property a little later this year after I build up some more funds.If you're in the position to buy right now I don't see why not, might want to take a look at some historical data for the market you're targeting to see how the values held up during previous recessions.As other have mentioned San Antonio is a pretty stable bet.