Your best option is to terminate the current manager and switch to one with better processes and communication.

There was no "assign to property" option and basically I had to re-add their profiles to assign them to a property, which was clunky.

It's great to see the inventory is coming back there are a lot of options out there and I'm feeling excited!

Is there a month-to-month option?

Have been exploring other options as well.

option D) Ditch hawaii for now and use $2-300k to pay down primary mortgage and use remainder $3-400 ish as down payment on cash flowing $1.5m 10-20plex in Anchorage.  

FHA gets a bad rap because sellers and many agents think it's only for people who don't have the money so if I had 20 percent, but wanted to use FHA, I would present a proof of funds with my offer showing I have more money, but am using the FHA as a financial option so I can get an investment property as well somewhere else.

Your other option is to test it out and see if you can make it work. 

Options - collect full payment for the 3 months up front and lower the deposit to secure against damages only, require insurance.

I am on the lending side of things so feel free to reach out if you ever want to talk shop and finance options that are out there.