Planner 5DPlatform: AndroidFeatures:Supports both 2D and 3D floor plans.Allows you to scan walls and create floor plans as you walk through a property.Offers a vast library of furniture and decor items to customize your plans.Bonus: Projects can be synced and edited on Windows through their web platform3.

It gets into the furniture and permeates each room they hang out in.

The very basics would be getting your furniture and shopping list together, keyless entry like Schlage (with backup lockbox with physical key very close as well), looking into insurance, local taxes for STRs, and moreAlot of ways to save time and make it easier to self manage with a property management software like Hospitable and data research like AirDNA.

I like TurboTenant for it's simplicity (and I'm pretty sure it's still free..)I have a client who is a smart-computer-guy not unlike yourself, he has a system for analyzing deals in bulk. I

Not that it matters much now but we do a "coming soon" after renovation but before/during furniture. 

You can find nice leather sofas and well made furniture.  

@Jamie BanksI understand there are multiple parties: 1) displaced insurance policy holder (tenants)  2) ALE 3) The company that supplies all the furniture and install the washer and dryer. 

STR can provide more cash (potentially), but its a high risk high reward strategy - if you invest in the furniture, staging, photos, and management or self manage, there is a lot of time and money invested.

Originally posted by @Ginger Harrison:Hi Anne,  I have only one guest house that I just had built on to my house and my Tenant is doing the same thing,  meanwhile she has brand new furniture and parties. 

The cost of the furniture is tough up front-- you can rent furniture or go through FB marketplace.