You could just focus on maintenance, but that is only one of many tasks that a short term rental must manage.

I've created a daily schedule and habit tracker that fully aligns my daily habits and tasks with my longer term goals.

You'll probably get exhausted with this so you need a PM who serves at the ground level so you can focus on higher value tasks. 

I don't know how low it goes but my spidy-sense is it's a double task-action, and one of those is to generate a "crisis" to allow the "savior" to come forward.

You definitely want a "like-minded" individual but you don't want that person to do the same tasks as you or its all just a big waste of time.

You can still network and build relationships that way.We are based out of Florida, but we don't usually visit properties even if they are in our hometown because of the time constraints that prevent us from locking in more deals and doing more efficient tasks.

Some people are trying to save $10k on the project but it cost them 2 or 3 months and they have a lot of time on task, and a lot of personal overseeing. 

If Jesus came back and got into rentals NO, N-O-B-O-D-Y get's admin access into our system. 2) They want a standardized list for maintenance items so they know in advance what repairs would cost.Being a PMc I'd invite them to acquire any of the readily available construction estimating tools/software out there such as RSMeans, but would not take on such a task as building and maintaining such a database, honestly for any $, it's simply not what we do. 3) They want a copy of all invoices from contractors to us so they can verify we are not marking up more than promised.A-ok. 4) They want to be able to talk to our contractors before work is done (each time) so they can talk contractors down in price themselves.I'd be fine with this as long as they sign a waiver that they own any/all negative impacts that result from such including extended vacancy periods, vendor refusals of service necessitating there own self-search to secure amicable vendor etc etc.. 5) They mentioned that they pay around $300 for full paint in a 2-bedroom unit.... we do not have a contractor that will touch a full paint on a 2 bedroom for $300LMAO!

Hey @Austin Berlick from Austin hahaRenting by the room is definitely more task heavy than other forms of renting.

Perform the same task in each app to ensure a fair comparison.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.Run a credit/screening report on yourself.Enter a maintenance request, assign a vendor, and attach a fake invoice.Enter charges to the tenant's ledger.Enter recurring charges and automatic late fees.Sign documents electronically.Run owner reports.After testing a few apps, one should clearly stand out.