I generally avoided paying for any systems because of the power of the internet these days.

Excited to be talking to someone who is local to me so sorry if I come at you like a train with my questions!

But, previous posters are correct, there is a ton of sage advice on these forums to be had for free, as well as mountains of info elsewhere on the internet. 

I could manage it from the moon as long as I have an internet connection and/or phone.  ;-)If you can't rent it in a weekend to a good tenant, your price is too high.  ;-)

The alarm has battery backup and will notify us of power or internet loss.

., you would probably be approved for a pretty sizable loan given your strong financial position and high stable income.You really have to run the numbers on what your current housing expense is (rent, utilities, rental insurance, internet, etc.) and compare that to if you spent maybe $2M on a solid 4 unit building where you could live in one unit and rent the other 3 for $4K/mo each.

I would make sure the builder has the Certificate of Occupancy (meaning the permit has been finaled) and ask them for an Owner training.

They are required to have X amount of recurrent training every year, depending on the state.

I'm not as familiar with Kenosha other than some internet searches and looking at properties through redfin, but I definitely see potential there. 

Like I mentioned above, it's pretty hard to look any of this stuff up because the internet is so unstable and nothing loads right.