As I'm struggling to clean up and renovate hers, the guy in the apartment next door tells me he's moving to 'a better neighborhood' because someone broke into his car out front.

We have carpet upstairs but are willing to have the tenant bring pets but I want to make sure that if we needed to deep clean or even rip out that carpet after their stay that we'd be covered.

Trying to avoid having too many transitions in carpet to hardwood/vinyl flooring and plan on doing LVP throughout the entire unit, bedrooms and bathroom included.

I would network with local investors to gauge their utility bills, pool maintenance, landscaping, cleaning costs...

With the cleaning and the paint refresh, it cost me a total of $850. 

So with only a majority of investor buyers, your sold price will be lower.You can sell it occupied, but if lease ends soon, I would suggest making it vacant, painting interior, cleaning it, etc. this will get you the most money.I have connections for all those servicesThis year will be like the last two years.

You could offer to clean up junk for free and see if neighbor would want this.

They may recommend durable materials and finishes that are easy to clean and maintain, reducing downtime between bookings.Stay Competitive: In a competitive market, professionally designed properties stand out among the competition.

The other issue that most didn't see is that now the STR market is 10X more competitive - if you can't market a property to its fullest : Themed/ Clean/ Location/ Instagramable.. then most will get buried in the rise in taxes and insurance.

They can be cleaned in about 1/2 hour and 15$.