If you are going to be hourly or self-employed, then you do need 2 years of work experience.

I like cities with years of population growth a good college and multiple employment fields.  

I have saved up around $50,000 from part-time employment and side hustles.

@Kyanne Mader huge number of (cash) investors equals to huge number of speculators, which is not something I’d be confident in seeing as an positive indicator necessarily — My friend experienced it in one of the cities I mentioned above exactly like this, very bad memories.But I am very interested in learning the growth of employment opportunities (I.e., tech company moving into this area; or other economical development) with concrete examples; if that’s real, then the influx of residents will make the demand stable and real.

There are more than 26,000 military and civilian workers, making Tinker AFB is the largest single-site employer in Oklahoma and has an annual payroll of $1.8 billion (https://www.velocityokc.com/bl...) 

It is situated near major retail, grocery, and employers.

He can get her started, but you have no evidence she'll be gainfully employed and capable of maintaining the rent.Personal opinion: newly divorced people are at high risk of bad behavior.

On the surface, I don't see any major problems with allowing him to be employed as a private contractor.

Bottom line;  investigate local employers, available jobs, ideally new employers moving to an area so good tenants will always have good jobs to pay the rent.

Some subs but employing ppl to do the floor trim paint demo etc.