That gives us time to clean and get repairs done prior to the next move in.  

In our market we routinely see plane loads of tourists from China and Japan in the summer months.

Self proclaimed clean freak etc. yada yada yada She appears to be older possibly late 60’s unsure as I haven’t gotten her to fill out an informational yet.

The houses are professionally cleaned several times per month.

Extremely clean, handy to have on site since we live 2 hours away and we were completely fine with the lower rent as we were breaking even.

VRBO and Airbnb platforms make it pretty easy to self manage.Find a great cleaning company that can handle turnovers and be your eyes and ears and a handyman for small repairs and you are pretty much there.You can use sites like TAKL.com to find other services that you don't routinely need.

We won't be doing any renovations beyond just small clean up (see above).

Not hard to find tenants, but may be hard finding the RIGHT tenants that will pay on time, keep the place clean and not be a nuisance. 3.)

Electrical, paint, plumbing, pest, lawn service, cleaning, etc, 2-3 tries for each one until you find someone that's reliable and competitively priced is not much fun. 

$5,000 and I will clean up your problem...I accept gold coins as payment....think about it...Just kidding!