I have a rental in a new rural development that does not have city garbage pickup.

Why don't they just develop a relationship with a bank (or banks)? 

(They still had the risk tolerance to do it, so lucky can be interpreted in different ways here)I just came back from a business workshop where the lowest allowable revenue was 200k and most folks were over 1m in revenue a year.

I have had first time investors purchase short term rentals from out of state while working full time, and they either elect to run it all by themselves after developing a boots on the ground team, or they hire it out to a competent manager and let them do a bulk of the work.

There may be PM models out there that are hospitality based that can drive up revenue, and possibly not be 25%+ for you.

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

We make 90% of our booking revenue in Maine from May to October.

For the better part of two decades I've been involved in real estate in some capacity including but not limited to: mortgage & real estate broker, developer, project manager, STR owner/operator/manager, international investor and beyond. 

However, if you'd like to develop a portfolio that is 100% "your own" that would be another path.

Hello allWould like to get some advice from Real Estate Developers...So, we're in Canada and we own several rental properties, and want to expand our portfolio.