There are many alternatives you can use, I would urge you to check your local laws but I know here in Cleveland, OH we can charge an increased deposit or we can also require a guarantor (who can have different credit req. then someone living in the unit) It's important that no matter what you do you do it for everyone going forward, making exceptions for screening for some but not all can become a Fair Housing issue. 

I am a local RE Broker in Cape Coral and understand your concerns.

I hired a local property manager because doing it myself was a bit too much with my full time job.

@Raj Balakrishnan happy to introduce you to a local leasing agent who only does section 8 rentals and has a great reputation and rents most of our section 8 properties.

Hey guys,I've been self-managing for 5 or so years now but recently turned over the PM on a couple properties to a local property management in town.

List and advertise your rentals on Zillow, Hotpads, Trulia, Dwellsy, Apartments.com, and more.3.

I spoke to a local agent based out of Toccoa and she seemed to be very upbeat about it but I wanted to take opinions from investors who actually own rentals out there.  

OOS investors are bidding up Detroit real estate, yet locals can't get past decades of negativity about Detroit to invest there:(You should take a real tour of Detroit and consider investing there!

Many times the listing agent will advertise some of those pertinent details especially about short term rentals because that is a common question/issue.

Great for house-hacking, multi-family investing, long-term holds, and BRRRR's if you're local and able to manage contractors.