Good luck.The town certainly looks to be in a rural setting a little bit away from the larger cities.Thinking out loud - any oil/gas activity near by, crop insurance agencies, companies with an office like Crop Quest?  

Funny enough, I joined BiggerPockets from a member of a mobile game that I play in my down time at work.

Currently I am examining mobile home investing for the cashflow benefits in order to build up more capital.

-agency agreements,-loan agreements. 

Truth of the matter was that buyers agents were pressured by their agencies to steer their clients away from my property if their clients asked about it.

But that is a one time only charge when we first rent out the unit and we don't charge that for a mere change of occupants.We charge a $40 application fee, which covers processing an application, including paying for background checks from an outside agency for legal history and credit history.

There is a mobile app to allow me to check on my books. 

I can obtain LLC. lending for "fix and flip" or agency lending but prefer you hold onto financing on agency lending for 6-12 months of payments.

Earlier today I made this post using the mobile app which is a bit more clunky to navigate.

I call this the hybrid approach, maybe investing locally in deals for your active spirit if time, skills and interest are there while balancing more difficult DIY projects out side of you area w/passive focus in niche areas like large scale value add apartment investing, mobile home parks and self storage for instance.