STR setup in Dallas

[Alice Yu]

I am new to this community. I have recently closed a SFH house in Dallas remotely and looking for someone who can setup and furnish my property as short term rental. I talked to Vacasa their fee is crazy. They told me the ballpark upfront cost for setup a 3B house is 25K-40K.... And I have to sign a management contract with them. Any recommendations on local company or agent can do such setup work?

[Ryan Blake]

@Alice Yu I suggest you don't pay $25k+ to furnish. I run my AirBnB in the DFW area and I paid $8k to furnish the place (3/2 with 1,400 sq ft). I could go into detail but I don't think it is necessary, just to say that you need to find out what your place needs. The most basic question to start with is why are people coming to your area? If they are going and making your house the destination, then you will need to spend more to have "extra" activities and amenities. If they are there to visit the area and are using your place just as a hotel to sleep at night and maybe cook a few meals, then you can get away with much less.

I have ran my place for 3 years now and have changed very little furniture of the original $8k I purchased. I charge $229/night and am booked 75% to 80% most months... And before I get blasted, yes I am raising my rates so that I can go down to 60% to 65% occupancy (considered the ideal number by many investors for STRs)