I was able to get them in touch with an off booking sites place that had an opening in town.

Are 1-bedroom units more popular than studios or 2-bedrooms?

One thing people haven't mentioned is look for your own ad on the key rental syndicated sites and see if it presents well. 

I plan to shop around more but I’m surprised that there aren’t more funding options in California with the recent popularity of ADUs help with the leverage component. 

However, the whole point of making money is to live a better life, which includes caring for family. taking care of our parents is I suspect not even a twinkle of thought to most of the BP members that are on this site and 45 and under..

The cabin sits within a 15-20 minute drive of most popular activities that RRG has to offer.

Their customer support is terrible and some of their software, but they have about 8x the site traffic in general than Airbnb and VRBO combined, surprisingly.  

I mainly want a site that offers advertising the property, online payment options, maintenance requests & at least a basic accounting aspect.Thank you in advance!

In no particular order I have listed some of the most popular markets for out of state investorsCincinnati, OhioDayton, OhioToledo, OhioYoungstown, OhioCincinnati, OhioMemphis, TennesseeSaint Louis, MissouriIndianapolis, IndianaDetroit, MichiganErie, PennsylvaniaLouisville, KentuckyMilwaukee, WisconsinJackson, MississippiEach of these markets is popular with turnkey investors because of the low barrier to entry, high rental demand & high rent to price ratio.

Here's a few examples:Does the lender release for materials on site or do they have to be installed?