If you own this as a rental then there is not homestead exemption and you'll pay much higher tax rate than a resident/owner occupant in SC. 

Avail sends this to the resident, collects rent and deposits it into our account.

None of these communities will be changing to residential neighborhoods, although a couple do have residential 'sides' that full time residents live in and can not be rented short term.Two of the big communities that you will have some issues with self managing are Reunion and Margaritaville.

I believe that you don't get returns (failed to deliver) with bulk mailers so you don't know which addresses are bad.That's the simple stuff.My advice is to do various mailings that you or some prepares locally, that go out immediately, using 1st class postage.

Quote from @Christopher Stevens: Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Try a resident turnover, if it doesn’t go so well then you can go back to the PM.

I have two: one is my primary residence that I also use as an STR, and the other is a leased rental property that I manage remotely.Since I'm out of town, I'm finding it challenging to manage things like finding a reliable handyman and getting help with staging.

., mix STR with personal use or convert it to a primary residence), depreciation recapture is not triggered immediately but will apply when the property is sold.

Quote from @John Perkins: Investment Info:Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Success.

Also, you need to be prepared to screen prospective tenants yourself and verify vouchers before committing to lease.