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Every appraiser has told me they're appraising the house, not the staging, but I can almost guarantee that a nice clean staged home that is cold on a hot day, has all the lights on, smells good will appraise for a higher price than a foreclosure dump that smells and stacked full of trash. 

Another thing is if you have black mold and you gut the property make sure you clean the air as well as you will still test positive for black mold, the spores can be floating around in the air still even if everything was removed! 

There have been times when (left in such good condition and clean)  I've refunded when they left early.

You will be able to find great and helpful information here.I would recommend that you look at markets that are not as established and showing strong population and job growth. 

College rentals are relatively expensive and come with their own unique challenges:1) Roommates not getting along2) No one cleaning or maintaining the property3) Weekend party damages4) Etc...While you are considering what to invest in, recommend you also figure out the property Class you want to invest in.Why is Property Class so important for investors to understand and apply in their investing strategies?

Whether it be cleaning their properties or doing manual labor.

We successfully set up the co-hosting on Airbnb where I receive the agreed upon 18% + the cleaning fee.

The initial title report came back clean—no liens, no encumbrances, no red flags.

This helps set expectations while keeping the listing clean and concise.Would love to hear how you're structuring yours—happy to connect!