Purchase price: $172,000 Cash invested: $40,000 Buy and hold for 5 years and turn around refresh it and sell it for a moderate gai then reinvest the cash into a more local market here in DFW What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

You need them all, and need to keep this contact list refreshed.  

I use Rentlinx it syndicates it onto a bunch of sites and you can refresh daily.

If you can obtain the furnishing in parallel with rehabbing/refreshing the unit, then the cheap option will not result in lost rent.  

We purchased a second apartment back in December and just finished a little "refreshing" on it and are currently trying to get it occupied. 

This home was completely refreshed (ready to rent) and I required a complete home rewire into the purchase. 

There will also be the typical rehab and refresh work. 

It's refreshing in the dry climates that they work well in.

It was so refreshing to have a go-to source to not only help secure my properties, but also provide investor-friendly contractors, lenders, property managers, handymen, cleaners, etc. from one source.

@Chris Levarek thanks for the insights, that is honestly refreshing to hear about short term rentals, Thats an area of real estate that needs a little shake up in my opinion.