Take the toilet out without damaging it, put a sanitary cover over waste hole, put toilet on shower floor.

Being a flipper for the last 10 years (always part time), there is simply a mismatch here.

Quote from @Collin Hays: I suspect that the Smokies is your best choice, simply because it is a year-round destination. 

I'm not sure why not - one of the great parts about real estate investing is that you can build a team around you for aspects you aren't as strong at or simply want to delegate to someone/expert and do the others yourself - look up "Core 4" for example - where you can have an agent, lender, manager, contractor all at once for your investments and can theoretically just let them do all the interactive work

In my experience that either means there is something prohibitive in the zoning, or there simply is not much demand for that sort of product if most people either go with an apartment in a large complex or rent a SFR.

On your own, you simply can not buy in the place where you want to live. 

Simply fire them and hire someone else.

A PM offers so many additional services in addition to things you cannot do yourself - like simply having a 3rd party between you and the tenant.

ways to meet such people would be meetups, or simply walking into some smaller offices, could also ask around to other owners of the assets you are interested in and see who helps them. 

If you want to rent the place, it might be for a lot less than a year or two ago, simply because the number of folks looking for a large cabin hasn't kept up with the increasing supply.