We are going to manage it ourselves and outsource cleaning and maintenance. 

Their only job is to check if title is clean... am I missing something?

The one that I got was pretty clean though so I hope to have it back on the market quickly.

No cleaning, no calls, nothing.

Your homework for today is to send that message or something similar to 50 hosts.If you happen to run across a host such as myself, I would reply back instantly with my phone number and have you call me and talk your ear off for 2 hours about exactly how it works and what to do to get started and what towels to buy and how to hire your cleaning crew.

I collected cleaning fees at the beginning of the tenancy ($350-$500, non-refundable, one time fee, I just asked tenants to broom clean at move out and sent in a professional cleaning service at move out).

We have a good cleaning person for each house and of course, we use airbnb, vrbo, and tripadvisor.

I own 4 of them now in Big Bear LakeBest 3 things:They make a ton of money and are booked at almost 100% occupancy all year.The real estate isn't that expensive although that is quickly changingThe city ordinances aren't as strict as Palm SpringsWorst 3 things:Very difficult to find reliable vendors, mainly cleaning serviceLocal crime is very high11% transient rental tax on gross incomeIf I could start over I'd still invest there, it has made a great investment so far, but it has been very stressful.

I figure I would deep clean, repaint and run a hepa filter during this time.

I have good resources for a lot of Airbnb related expenses (Furnishing, cleaning, handyman, etc).