I am contemplating meeting with community leaders and getting their input on their needs and views  so that I align my interest with bears.

No better way to align interests, and ensure the manager has your best interest at heart than tying their pay to their performance.

@Justin Cabral Here is a recent blog I wrote that aligns/answers your questions very well.

Odds are those goals align with yours.

You really need to align your self with a tried and true team.

So To get you thinking...do you know someone that had good amount of cash that would appreciate virtually risk free investment if you can give them 50-60 ltv...if so, just align those resources and can try to offer a owner contract, or a lease option to buy.

I would recommend interviewing local property managers and seeing a few things:Do the company's values align with yours?

Sure any realtor can fill a vacancy quite quickly, I myself am a realtor, in fact all of our PMs are, BUT after it’s filled it’s YOUR headache not your realtors… your PM has an incentive and an aligned interest to yours to find you a quality and problem free Tenant for you —- I can tell you with certainty that we turn down many more applicants than we approve because although the commission is important what is more important is that we find you a quality Tenant because we would be the ones managing the unit after the fact… something which can’t be said for a non-pm realtor; heads to beads, thank you for the commission and if there’s a problem it’s yours that is the risk you take with a non-PM realtor.

I agree, AirBnB and hotel industry should be somewhat aligned on this. 

Their incentives are not aligned with yours.