I want to get familiar with the area, drive around, see the neighborhoods, talk to the locals, go to real state meetings, build a team, find a reputable contractor, look at many properties, and if after I do all of that I feel like I can move forward with my plan, then I’ll buy a cheap reasonable property that needs work and I’ll get it fix up so I can live in it.

If they like the property I have them go to a web site(pick your favorite) and do a background and credit check.

There's a lot of resources on the web with cursory searches.Megan, Furnished Finder is a great travel nurse resource to gauge prices for rooms and entire places in Lincoln. 

The two of us would then rent it through a reputable experienced vaca agent. 

He went through one of the local RE training programs and I've met with him a few times (he has a good reputation and I trust him). 

Look at some of the reputable turn key options in Memphis unless you have built a team here of realtors, property management, contractors etc!

Her fees are fair and she’s extremely well known and reputable in the industry.

Most tax pros on this forum won't advise on specific scenarios that could be used by you to DIY your return because we don't know all of your facts, circumstances and goals, and because this is a public forum and we have reputation  and liability exposure.To further the conversation, I'd ask to you:(1) Do you have a CPA? 

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I was able to find the tax rate on the web for my city.