The hotel industry is scrambling to act as they see their market share eroding.

We later offered to put them up in a hotel while remediation was in process.

Correction: New Jersey Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law

Most guests want things repaired ASAP because you are competing with hotels where maintenance is typically on-site.

We fixed is up quickly and sold it for no profit to one of our housekeepers (who works at our hotel) who did not have a safe house to live in.

In addition to @Paul Choate who @Rhett Tullis mentioned, @JJ Gritts organizes a couple things, Deal Makers on the 2nd Monday of the month at the Waterford Hotel and an informal gathering at VZDs on the 2nd Tuesday.

Buy a hotel room and the hotel management will give for daily rent.

Properly make the bed (think Hilton hotel room--not Motel 6).Lastly, yes, the holidays cut down dramatically on the number of people out looking and serious about moving. 

He had arrived the week before, was living in a hotel, and wanted to get into a place asap before wife and child arrived.

I think I was really influenced in my suggestion by an Austrailian TV show about STRs that just came to Netflix (it's called Instant Hotel).