@Christopher Brown 🛑 I highly recommend Bill Rose at QixFix Cleaning & GeneralLabor LLC for any handyman and cleaning services. 🌟 They did an amazing job for me!

However, house hacking is a POWERFUL strategy for getting your foot through the door.

@Mike AuerbachYep, extremely powerful tool.

@Graeme HarrisGive notice to the tenants and any unknown occupantsWe typically have an attorney handle this as it is more powerful when it comes from them in my opinion.If you do it yourself I would either send certified mail or hand deliver it to them and acknowledge receiptYour location may have specific rules on what is considered service

Going room by room leads to much of the time being spent packing and unpacking, prepping and cleaning up.Finish a bedroom off so you have a clean dust free living space. 

Will you need a generator backup if there isn't reliable power there? 

It's really not that hard with the built in tools that Vrbo and Airbnb provide.Add a great cleaning crew to handle turnovers and your most of the way there. 

Because when the renter leaves and the unit is turned that shelter is done out to be cleaned or painted and the cleaners can see immediately if there is something in that shelf that needs to be tossed.Good Luck!

Make sure it is clean and updated so it shows well.2.

Is cleaning up garbage, scrubbing toilets, fixing broken sinks, carpentry or any of those the highest & best use of your time?