Have you tried using skip tracing software to find contact info for the owner and the local fiduciary in order to get in touch with them?

Then figure out what software they're using, find out what insurance & licensing you'd need, how much in-house our outsourced staff costs, and try to come up with some figures for revenue and expenses at different stages.

Does anyone have a few affordable skip tracing software's to start out with?

I think the actual settings will vary if you are managing directly on platform or using third party softwares, etc.As mentioned above I think risking going vacant over a major holiday will outweight the extra housekeeping cost.Also, I am not sure how much volume you are doing but do not pay cleaners extra for holidays. 

Batch Leads - To be fair, I tried BL really early on, and it's possible that I didn't know what I was even doing but I strongly believe that software should be scalable.   

Would really love to hear the feedback for some of the buy-in software packages such as "Deal-Dog", Pin-Point" funding, Invisible BAnk and other peddled "this will change your life' software.

I assume that by "charge" you mean assigning expenses within your expense tracking software.

We've had really good bang for buck value with Zumper as far as ILS goes.We also bought a matterport camera and create a virtual tour of each available rental which creates a nice interactive way for prospective tenants to see a space and get an idea for its layout before touring.We use Appfolio for management software and it pushes the listings automatically out to any ILS who will listen which has been a huge help not having to list the same property on multiple sites. 

There are PMS software that will host direct booking sites as part of their service. 

If you decide to self-manage, you need to consider (at least):-management software (rent management, communications, maintenance requests and tracking, etc.)