Lenders want you as an owner to have "Skin in the game".

Study them and decide on the one you will be putting all your efforts on.Lastly go ahead and look at the different options you have to start getting involved: Go and work for an established local (or not) that does what you want to do, become a member of an investor club where you can potentially partner up with experienced investors (you need to bring value), start deploying some capital into some passive opportunities to start learning the process, start buying some properties with your own capital and grow from there....I hope this is somewhat helpful.

For the most part it doesn't matter and is purely a numbers game, but you will probably have less competition if you avoid the absentee owner lists as that is seemingly everyone's first stop.

There must be a reason why.Rajah your quite amusing... this is an investor buying a property.. the other lady is trying a sales gig she never did before apples and oranges.. we buy property at auction most every week.. its the name of the game. 

Dude, you already know the most complicated part of this game.

Investing with no savings, no income and no credit is not realistic.I would advise you concentrate on establishing a good solid employment income and living a frugal life style to save every possible penny.

So you now need more skin in the game with guarantees of the lease,rental increases,etc. as it affects a larger portion of the building now.No legal advice given. 

Currently in the fix and flip game but looking to transition over into buy and hold once I’ve built the capital.

As much as it sucks, it sounds like you need to establish the boundaries. 

Not quite into the flipping game yet, but also not investing in the state where I live so logistically I think I have more work to do before I can line up anything other than buy & hold.