In general, and less numerically, I'm not a fan of buying a primary home.

Around Christmas time we had some incredibly cold weather that caused the oil line to freeze up requiring me to thaw out the line on numerous occasions until the water was out of the tank.

There are numerous companies dedicated to market properties to tenants attached to the US base.

I like the search features: https://www.biggerpockets.com/searchAlerts can be really helpful too: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsThere are a few self-contained guides that you can access here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/guides

Otherwise there's BP webinars, books, and numerous Youtube videos that explain it.

I have worked with numerous property managers and now have partnered with a turnkey provider allowing me to speak to investors, like yourself, all over the world.

A few of the websites that I use are; https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/...www.bls.govwww.city-data.comThere are numerous posts here on BP that provide lists of cities that are considered some of the top cities for rental real estate investing.In fact there was a post that was started by Tom Ott that provides some of these details.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/657...Ultimately, when looking for out of state investments you'll want to look for cash flow and good IRR. 

This building was built in 1991, it's two stories and also features window AC units. 

Numerous possibilities including: Selling the property takes longer or you don't get the selling price you wanted, rehab takes longer or has cost blowouts, stabilizing takes longer or the rack rentals (look up the term) you factored into your calculations for don't have people lining up around the block for the opportunity.Best of luck.

You might consider installing water saving features (replace old toilets, install water saving shower heads, etc.) and actually asking the tenants to please try to conserve water (if you have a good relationship with them).