Then have a cleaner come by after the renter and send you notes about any damage, etc.

Or, hell, take them to the cleaners if they wish to act that foolish, but again the risk here is that you're deals will only close if someone you know to be bad with numbers does their very numerate job well.Most firms have very cost effective RESPA-compliant email drip campaigns.

We do provide a Home Services Directory that lists property managers, cleaners, plumbers, painters, etc. for Cape homeowners.

This is cheaper than a LLC and a bit cleaner.  

You may have to talk to 30 lenders, 7 brokers, everyone at church, and the dry cleaner...

From where I am sitting I can say AirBnB is still very active as our properties are getting booking requests quite often.We also self manage and do it with a good handyman, cleaner and reliable electrician and plumber.The one new thing we did when we purchased the 2nd property was we added automation software for the bookings and this has been one of the best decisions we made. 

Handling bookings myself and only hiring a cleaner, vs paying a management company to handle all of it?

Dry cleaners use chemicals that may need special cleanup after a loss for example.If the non-apartment exposure is smaller than the apartment exposure (usually judged by square footage), it may result in a lower cost than just apartments for Insurance. 

Expenses include cleaners, utilities, repairs and property management.

Its cleaner in my opinion and the area is flooded with renters.