If your local market is very active and homes are selling fast, you may be able to get by with doing less.Your Home’s Condition: If your home is vacant or has a unique layout, using a professional stager who can bring in the right furniture and accessories may help buyers truly visualize its full potential.Your Budget: Talk to your agent to get an idea of staging costs in your area, as it can be the difference between your house selling and sitting.

I’ve heard from Forbes that local lenders in Omaha tend ot waive fees if you bundle accounts.By the way, has anyone here used HELOC funds for mid-term rentals?

A client of mine recently invested there and raves aboutt the ease of finding solid contractors who stick to the budget.One piece of advice: before jumping into any market, spend time understanding the local economy, demand drivers (like job growth and population trends), and the landloard laws.

Getting out to the local meetups, in my opinion, is one of the most important things we all can do as investors. 

One of the houses is a mid-term rental in the city center (Faria Guimaraes) and the other is in Espinho.

I wouldn’t purchase a STR property anywhere it wouldn’t work as a MTR or LTR unless its local economy is based on STR.

Are you local and can you oversee renos? 

Now to provide extra comfort and convenience to our buyers (who are mostly out of state) we agree to help them out by getting them set up with local property management that we work with closely as well as assisting management market the property for rent to place tenants.

I'm pretty neutral on the local market outlook for the next year. 

Yes I own an apartment in Porto's city center that I rent out on Airbnb (I do mid-term).