If you’re going to take on the PM yourself then just work out the schedule with the tenant and contractor.

Put another way...society says to go to college, get a job, work up the corporate ladder, and retire at 65 with social security benefits. 

In Boston, MA  a lot of the recent college grads deal with this and need a guarantor (parents, some other family) to sign off on the lease. 2) It's very rare that the tenant will receive their security deposit BEFORE moving into their new place because there are a lot of steps in the process of getting security deposits from the bank > tenant.

They had showings scheduled every half an hour for a full day.

Even our local state college does it that way and by spring it is fertilizer for the lawn.

I put in a listing and just got a message back that the earliest I can schedule a call to review the property (before it will even list) isn't for two weeks...

My college will be paid for by scholarships and my family's college fund.( I will not be paying for college which I am extremely grateful for).

The other option is to allow private showings only to pre-qualified buyers that can show proof of funds before scheduling a tour.

Purchase price: $169,000 Cash invested: $8,000 Sale price: $300,000 Bought a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house to house hack and rent out to college students.

That being said, when we do rehab, we attempt to estimate the costs of the project for the contractor (project schedule + itemized quote) and pay those amounts along the way.