Would Like to Rent Nice Home in Ozarks (rental homes, houses)

[CityLifeSucks]

Hi, My husband, 2 small children, mother, and myself will be moving to MO in approximately a month. We would like to find a great rental home in the Ozarks, preferably with acerage and close to a river. I have only been able to find rental homes in suburbs, or if they do have acreage the houses are not in the Ozarks.
So I need help. If you know of anyone who will be renting their home in the next month and it meets our criteria we would definitly be interested in renting it. The house needs to have at least 4 bedrooms, although more would be nice (as we work from home and would like to have a decent office space.)
Also if there is anyone who is trying to sell their home and would like to rent it out while it is still on the market to be sold then we would be happy to be those renters. We would be perfecly ok with the house being shown to potential buyers while we are renting until it gets sold.
Thanks for any help.

[Lake Junkie]

CityLife...the Ozarks is a big, big area...I'm not sure which part of the area you're looking at, but in the rural areas it's not easy to find rentals. There's no central database that computer-savvy folks can go to...

You might try putting a "wanted" ad in the local paper. While I realize that nationwide newspaper readership is in freefall, there are some papers that do get read. Down here in way SW MO, each county has it's own weekly, like the Taney County Times or the Stone County Gazette...that people actually read. Might be worth a try...

You might also put something on craigslist, or local websites (again, depending on where local is)...down here you might try:
Hometown Daily News: Hometown Daily News
or
hwy13.com:http://www.hwy-13.com/...

Good Luck...