Alternatively, how much would you pay a professional to fix this?  

Alternatively, you could move straight into a longer term program that will essentially structure the deal as a "delayed purchase" and underwrite in place DSCR/occupancy.

Alternatively, you can pay $119 per unit that vacates.  

I see updates about Pottsville's revitalizing effort every so often and maybe with remote work gaining popularity, inexpensive cities will be on the rise.

VRBO is a very popular go to for that area and its worth the investment.Can always pull cash out of one of those properties because rates just dropped this week making refinances a lot easier on the wallet!

This is not a completely popular opinion, but I am partial to the west side of downtown Indianapolis around the Indy 500 track and the zoo. 

Stessa and TurboTenant are popular options.

There is a time factor that needs to be accounted for as well.In my opinion - you will need to be able to reasonable achieve 2-3x the rents vs. the alternative for room rentals to be worth the squeeze.I'd check to see what other folks are renting individual rooms out for to see if it makes sense diving into.

An alternative would be a hard money financing.

They instead use an alternative method separate from both of the mentioned methods.