You won't find something at your local box store.  

Or you can DIY from Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, thrift stores and furniture stores.But is there anyone you can pay to help you DIY, to take advantage of local offerings and your own labor, while still not doing it wholly on your own?

Scroll down the page and look for cities above the line for good performance.https://www.airdna.co/blog/best-places-to-buy-a-va...A word of warning - from someone who’s spent waaayyyy too long playing around on the AirDNA web site: they measure profit as revenue minus mortgage.In many cities, a large chunk of the high airbnb revenues come from very specific highly desirable properties in highly desirable areas (e.g., baller properties that are downtown or oceanfront or lakefront, etc).

But agree third party real estate web sites don't update status changes of a property based on my experience. 

They say that these papers are available on the dark web.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books for this or you can learn by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

However, you may be charged for a title search, but it does not bind you to doing business with them or that lender.When you buy bread, if you don't like what is being offered at one store, you can put the loaf back on the shelf and go to another store.  

I don't know of any resources set resources, it reminds me of when I was starting a food truck back in 2012 there wasn't much web presence or resources.

I would talk to all the stores and restaurants to see how I can get the guests in the STR to visit local businesses.  

Then you could buy the doors and drawer fronts from a surplus building supply store and stain or paint to your liking.