I am a designer as well (furniture designer) and I always look at the vacation rental as an opportunity to design an incredible experience for the guest.

I've leveraged my background as a furniture designer to create unique and beautiful experiences for guests, and they pay top dollar to stay at my properties.

If we buy a house that’s already been used as STR are we able to  immediately rent it (post cleaning and furniture set up ) without this permit process .

I'd stick with black matte throughout the entire place if you can swing it.Bathroom - Furniture style vanities are nice with soft close drawers and doors.

However, my neighbor told me she let other strangers move in and even move in some furniture.

I would also like advice on buying furniture, should I be buying their bed, night stand, etc. or leave empty for them to decorate? 

The regular stores like Ashley etc won't do.Any suggestions on techniques/strategies/stores to buy "unique" (aka : artsy, antique etc) furniture without breaking the bank?

Costs of furniture, gas/Lyft/Uber, hiring handymen to assemble furniture takes a lot of money!

Do some searches and you will find a lot of posts that cover things like furniture, linens, mattresses etc.

Offer different unit, explain costs of moving out (new security deposit, hiring moving co, cleaning costs, new furniture) 90 days before end of their leaseSend marketing packages or gift packages to preferred employers surrounding property Reach out to old leads older than 90 days