Race and more importantly culture are essential to building communication, when people pretend it isn't they are missing out on valuable texture and content.

That is essentially what you'd be doing.  

Essentially it's similar to flipping houses, except you never actual own the property, and you don't do any repairs.

Croix's economy (mainly tourism product) has not been as strong as the other two islands.

It boils down to the product, if you have a good product that people can attest to, they will want you units regardless, if you have sub-par units you will have a tough time renting. 

I went to Than Merril conference but as soon as I realized it was less training and more selling of their products , I lost interest .

Assuming that your units all already have separated water, you can still install submeters yourself, have your handyman/PM/whoever read them once a month, prep statements, and add a processing fee (this is essentially what sub-metering operations do).  

., one big issue is that using your model of "flipping" you will not be able to use the 1031 exchange so you need to put ordinary income tax + Self employment etc into your proformas to make sure you can still get the return you want.1031 exchanges are for property that has been held for "productive use in business trade or investment".  

The philosopher of republicanism, Thomas Jefferson, had defined the essence of liberty as independence, which required the ownership of productive property.

That product is not commonly purchased in residential loans away from newbies.