To start I made sure that I found a majority of my furniture from locally sourced companies such as thrift stores, Facebook marketplace, mom-and-pop shops, and so on because I felt if I'm going to do this right I want to support the local community I am investing into. 

Furnitured finder is great for finding professional traveler and I like apartments.com because of their payment setup if free for the tenants and myself.

I find it more helpful to track on my total cash into the deal (inclusive of furniture, amenities, etc), so cash on cash and monthly net cash flow are the two metrics I find are most informative when I'm looking at a purchase. 

who owns the furniture?

If you are 75% complete rehab you are very close to ordering furniture IMO.3 - Look for safety hazards - i.e. uneven steps etc.If your time in town is limited I would focus on these 3 areas.  

Scratch & dent furniture & appliance outlets are your friends!

By the time he was 16, he had a half dozen part time employees and ads in paper to do various handyman stuff including hanging Christmas decorations, assembling ikea furniture, gardening, painting, building fences, etC.Then came the demon child.  

If it’s empty, consider staging it with a few key pieces of furniture.

But I was thinking only about the exterior, it did not even dawn on me that your furniture ignites from the radiant heat through the windows!

We have lived in our apartment for nearly three years without any issues, but since April, new neighbors moved in upstairs, and the noise has become unbearable.At all hours of the day and night, it sounds like constant walking, furniture screeching, and items being dropped—even until 4 a.m.