I typically recommend beginning with a prequalification letter so you can have a solid understanding of your purchase power in the U.S., which will help steer you into the right markets/areas for investing.

For those that have already spent some time and $$$ there, what are your experiences and numbers looking like for things such as:Rental/property management feesclosing costs (as percent of transaction)vacancy rates (on and off season)price to rent ratioyoy appreciation$/sqft to build (I know, this is a "it depends" number)Utility issues (water, power, trash, septic, etc.)Anything else that you think would be helpful!

So we sat through a 40 minute power point re.

The registered agent generally is just for notice purposes and the manager and/or member will have powers in the LLC, which are the roles that matter much more so.

All the more power to you if you figured out a way to solve for it. 

Lending would cease over night and government bailouts would commence.In my area of NE Ohio we are considered disaster free and generally we do not have any of the catastrophic issues that other parts of the country do... welp until last week when three tornados rampaged across three counties ripping down trees, power lines, roofs, siding, and putting over 500k people without power for a week - some still don't have power nor will they until all the trees are removed from the power lines. 

Which currently does not have a renter due to Power company messing up the yard and sewage system.  

I believe in the power of mom and pop multi family How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

More power to you.   

OP obviously randomly bought a place, using hopeium as primary power of analysis, and to no surprise things did not end well.