If you can find a PM to do that job, I suspect it might be even lower overhead for you.I believe most PMs operate in the city they are doing business. 

I suspect they are flying under the radar of their regulatory agency for now but with the shenanigans you describe, i bet it won't be for long.

Nathans relatives property is in the green industrial coming soon..I suspect they bought it years and years ago for next to nothing.  

I wouldn't be surprised if their AirBnB integration is suspect.

I suspect you really are stuck with an angry landlady whom you're screwing out of this month's rent -- that part of your narrative seems too specific and detailed to be wholly the product of an otherwise sharply compromised imagination. 

I suspect it will be of little comfort to anyone who is forced to refi after a substantial loss in equity if and when things get bad up there.

I suspect you self manage right ??? 

I suspect there will be legal challenges, an initial lack of enforcement, etc. so that the regulations likely will not be enforced until even later than July 2019. 

We did Identify Cincinnati & Pittsburg as a possibility along with the usual suspects (Austin, Denver, Phoenix...) 

It sounds like you are in a good position with savings and good control over your spending, but I suspect others are going to find themselves in trouble.