That's why property managers exist.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

- Depends on if they had money to do so, your approval or covered in the management contract and they need to be given a reasonable amount of time once all those factors are met.

Call your local banks and credit unions and try to get pre-approved for a purchase.

Florida Statute 162.09(3) provides:Chapter 162 COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENTSECTION 09 Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens.(3) A certified copy of an order imposing a fine, or a fine plus repair costs, may be recorded in the public records and thereafter shall constitute a lien against the land on which the violation exists and upon any other real or personal property owned by the violator.I handled multiple title insurance claims where a CEL against one property was missed in a title search for a different property owned by the same party. 

I know that has a poor time-cost analysis compared to learning an existing product, but I'm a software engineer by trade and enjoy building that sort of thing. 

An umbrella will not automatically cover anything especially if they're unaware of the exposure.  

Purchase a multi-family property: House hacking involves in one unit of a multi-family property renting out the other to cover your housing.2.

Cash flow may exist slightly better in San Antonio, but if it does truly grow into a large cap city expect the property tax to start wiping it away.

I thought the requirement was enough cash flow to cover the loan?