As you mentioned in your post, you're not going to stop looking completely and if the right deal comes along then it sounds like you're going to pull the trigger on it.

In a long distant investment situation, best questions to ask the real estate agent/owner before pulling the trigger on a facility. 

Transferring them could trigger the "Due on Sale" clause.

That will trigger keyword alerts and you might get some local investors with suggestions of brokers in your area.

Occasionally a single family would hit the market at around 300K that might have worked but I never pulled the trigger.  

You gotta just pull the trigger and get started if you want to learn.

So when I pull the trigger I can make better decisions.

I would really like to put these properties in a LLC for peace of mind, but it seems to me I have no way to do without triggering this "due on sale clause". 

We have saved about $50k in the past 2.5 years or so and have been considering more and more pulling the trigger while we’re here but we only have about 6-8 months left here so not enough time to do an owner occupied loan. $50k will go a lot further on the mainland. 

Hope everything goes well and I'll be sure to reach out if I pull the trigger myself.