Currently awaiting the lift of the travel ban so I can move.

Are you home often or traveling?

They take the bins out, shovel the driveway, and are very respectful.As for the inspection some housing authorities will take a cert. of habitability/occupancy that is done by the city.

There's a story about a man who travels the world searching for diamonds and spends his entire family fortune following leads to far distant lands that are supposedly bursting with wealth. 

Make looking for deals as a habit. 

Be sure to calculate your true return with all the travel and everything accounted for.  

Or that I can fly to easily, preferably a direct flight within a couple hours, especially if within my business travel domain so I can get to a rental location for free on a work trip.

They include some recommendations across all three phases including good personal hygiene and employers developing policies to ensure social distancing, testing and contact tracing.Phase one includes much of the current lockdown measures such as avoiding non-essential travel and not gathering in groups.

Our team is currently evaluating other options as a stop-gap (traveling nurses, small family, etc.). 

You could finance it traditionally, but the difficulty is many times they not habitable so traditional financing is not possible.