Vrbo and Airbnb makes it pretty easy to self-manage.Add a great cleaning team and you are 95% of the way there.Its good to locate handymen and the like but those are easy to find on local FB groups or thumbtack.

Or other solutions we should consider?

For example:Tenant ManagementLease Automation & E-SignaturesOnline Rent PaymentsTenant ScreeningMaintenance Request TrackingMarket Vacant PropertiesIncome & Expense Tracking (Do you use QuickBooks and want to continue, or does your current PMS have its own solution?)

Probably another $100-$200 for cleaning unless you plan to do it. 

I deal with a lot of problem tenant solutions in my state. 

Booked every night for a month, doesn't even cover the mortgage, let alone the cleaning fees and maintenance of the pool, etc. and if you have a property manager, you have to be cashflow negative. 

It's been a struggle.I'm definitely not giving up on real estate investing and just need to clean house for a better result.

I have some cleaning and repairs that need to be done in the empty unit along with the common area. 

Yes, you can cut your hair yourself, you can floss and deep clean your teeth too , also prep your own avocado toast with your own squished Orange for drink.. 

Motivation is an emotional response to a circumstance, not the circumstance itself.Although the sensible solution to the circumstance of being in foreclosure let's say, is to sell their house, the reality is that the emotional response to being in such a situation is to find ways to keep their house, not sell it.So ibn order to find motivated SELLERS, you need to first understand what a motivated seller is.A motivated seller is not someone that wants to needs to or even has to sell their house.