Husband will work in Saudi but we want to live in Bahrain

Hi,
Anyone can help me with info. My husband will work in Saudi but we want to live in Bahrain. As an American can we just rent place in Bahrain and our kids go to school in Bahrain too. How can we get the CPR  and resident permit .

Thank all

The search button is your friend.  There are MANY threads on this forum which discuss this topic.  Reproducing a few below:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=641869https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=27589https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=444539

Simply, you need to have a Saudi Iqama on the basis of which you can get a paper CPR which will allow you to do everything.