You'd need to show the income on your tax returns and/or have a lease and first month's rent/security deposit for the unit you were living in.

I moved to miami florida to study the economics and help apply it and it was a capital market as well. if you don't live in a capital market like Chicago, New York, Austin Texas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, california or miami florida I'd recommend moving to a market like that too. it will change your life. 

His ads pop up all the time on my feed.

Most of the “deals” have no meat left on bone except for maybe a long term rental hold after repairs.They ironically sponsor a lot of the meet ups I’ve been too here in DFW. of course they do they live and breath on newbies..  

I would recommend that you start with buying a primary residence using a low down payment loan, like a 5% down conventional loan, live in it for a year or two and then keep it as a rental when you go and buy your next primary residence using another 5% down conventional loan.

It will be remote, but since you live there now, you probably already have connections who either already know the house or local friends to find you good people to service things as needed.  

Right now I have two properties live.

Quote from @Kornelius Friske: We have a STR located in peoria AZ. it's 6 beds (garage conversion) and about 3900 sq ft in total. our energy bill last month was $450 and has been hovering in the $350-$450 range since we went live in august.

Quote from @Kaleb Garrett: In the town my parents live in (small town in East Tennessee) there is a small solar farm.

@Hugh Horner I live in the village of Catskill.