You can simply accept funds in the form of a loan.

PF/Sville/Gburg will still be a draw for the shopping and touristy stuff but lots of people are simply too fat or uninterested to hike around in the Smokies.

Or, do you simply work with a realtor comfortable/familiar with STRs to source deals in your desired market, let the seller pay the realtor's 6% fee, find a designer to do design/furnishing, then decide between self managing vs hiring property management and paying the associated fees? 

You may want to contact Elite directly and cut out the middleman.

Make sure you check the market satuation out as many popular STR markets are experiencing significant drops in tourism, which is leading to increasing vacancies, forcing owners to cut prices:(

This cuts down to the lead time in order to get the work completed once the apartments are vacated. 

Even basic renovations ill do quartz just based on the fact that most of the time if you have to replace something twice it cost more money3) Tile tends to be smart move although there are really high quality attract bath fitters that can cut down on time and last long time.

A lot of West Virginia will be considered "rural" on an appraisal, meaning your max LTV will likely be cut.

If anybody would be willing to help, either by simply offering a sentence or advice or mentoring me, I would greatly appreciate it, and have no doubt that I could bring value to you. 

I believe that the Federal Reserve is going to cut rates by 25-50 bps at it's September meeting (no emergency cut), but that 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates will rise to upper 6s low 7s around the same time, and Commercial borrowing rates, including for multifamily, will increase as well.