This is equivalent to walking onto a court with a professional basketball team as a 5'6" teenager with no shoes and telling them you want to join their team because you read a book somewhere that told you it was easy.

Put yourself in the guests shoes. 2.) find good cleaning people, stick with them, and constantly be training and improving them and their work environment. 

@Ada Tor I was a guy who is, and was, in your shoes.

Regarding this "old woman who lives in a shoe" tenant of yours - I would put it in writing what she can and can't plug in where and tape it on her fridge in case she "forgets." 

No platform shoes though.

Where would you go from here if you were in my shoes?

Good to see hear about someone else in a similar shoe.

My Salary rose from an Entry level programmer of $32k in 1997 to well over $100k by the year 2000.What also helped was that I lived below my means.Combining having a good paying profession and living below my means, it allowed me to pursue Investments with Disposable money.

However, with the flexibility and service of lowes/home depot and convenience of the 18 months or 2 years of no interest financing, which your renters will pay off for you, this is how I'd do it if I were in your shoes.

@Ryan Dosenberry  I was in your shoes this summer and decided to go ahead and get my RE License.