PM me and I'll let you know - there may be a virtual aspect to it. 

How do wholesale real estate virtually

Licensed real estate agents cannot legally screw a seller and then instantly resell for a profit, because that's virtually indistinguishable from a net listing. 

I chose Storey Lake because of its location.Once you know which community you want to buy in, you can google for the floor plan or virtual tours by searching on the community name.Pull up the community you are interested in on the Zillow.com map and click "Save Search".

I'd check out youtube for everything virtually and then home depot offers some decent in-person workshops. 

Want to keep it as simple and systematical for myself and contractors as possible so virtually every rental is the same and if something happens I know exactly what to get each time.

This implies that if you do not have an existing STR it will be virtually impossible to get one because as @Bruce Woodruff indicated there is already a lot of STRs. 

I would recommend you look in your local town/area - a lot can be done virtually, but just speaking from my own experience, you want a CPA that's close: I drop off receipts once a month in person and there are always a few things to discuss and clarify.

Does anyone use a Virtual Assistant to perform cold calls or to perform other duties? 

One solution is to hire a virtual assistant to skip trace that information for you.