I’m worried about growth potential. 

@Forrest Brown,  I'm never a fan of telling anyone that writing a check for taxes is the best idea, but it does depend on your goals and your potential tax liability upon sale. 

Hey welcome to BP Elyse,I recommend you decide what your goals in real estate are, and then use these as a compass when you're making investment decisions.As to OOS investing I would first find a market that showing signs of potential market growth.

What else can i ask just to prevent potential issues with a tenant.  

It's also worth looking for first time home buyer assistance programs in your local area.

There are many different options to house hack in MD, and I'm looking at a few options right now for another buyer.

If a loan gets called, my end buyer is totally screwed because I don't have the resources to pay the bank or refinance.

There are some great forum threads for questions to ask your potential property manager that be quite helpful in deciding. 

ADUs and their income potential are a hot trend right now in real estate investing and as usual, the conventional lenders (FHA etc) are going to be slower to adapt

This entails furnishing bank statements reflecting ample cash reserves to cover the property purchase and potential rehabilitation costs to get the project started.