Anything that is almost guaranteed to be used daily in your rentals (i.e. couches, bed, chairs), I'd try to invest in as much quality as you can for those specific items.Some store sites will let you filter for "contract grade" or "commercial grade" items - these are the sorts of furnishing that get put into higher-use commercial applications such as hotel lobbies, apartment building amenity spaces, etc. 

I was previously told that only the owner could make any sort of deal before auction, since the attorney doesn't represent them.I find this all very fascinating.

Their owner statement is a nightmare to sort it.

That sort of thing.The last thing I want to do is bombard a bunch of family members with what they might consider spam.

This can be very expensive and is usually the worst choice because you can't justify the cost.2.

They certainly don’t do any sort of ownership verification before allowing you to list a property.You’ll no doubt hear from the BP community here (probably even before I finish typing this) that despite all the Instagram millionaires STR arbitrage is not a good business model and is generally discouraged.

The agency thing MUST be sorted right from start, that's clear. 

It is much more hands on and dependent upon some sort of subject matter expertise.

What is worst is when they run out of time on their current hard money loan and are paying penalties/very high rates for going past the maturity date. 

I found this one literally from passing though the area and seeing that they had started some sort of reno with a dumpster out front.