And the fully furnished option?

We also estimate we would need to invest about 15-30k up front for painting/furnishing/landscaping/amenities in order to get it ready as a vacation rental. 

I thought about making some shirts with my logo and phone number for my furnished houses.

I think a lot of new investors look at the allure of STR and see the big revenue numbers and forget how much damage your house and your furniture and your furnishings will take with guest after guest after guest staying in your houseIf you let your house and the furniture and the furnishings fall into a state of decay, what originally started as a big moneymaker will instead become a constant source of guest complaints and bad reviews and headaches and sleepless nights (for you & your guests!)

My Current PM doesn’t rent out furnished units but thought it might be more profitable to rent it out furnished.

We considered a VRBO as our first, but then we started thinking about the management of the property at a distance and the cost of furnishing it, and there seemed to be so many unknown factors which deterred us.

And, corporate housing is generally furnished to allow someone to come into a new city and go to work immediately. 

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We have furnished them with keys to the common areas of the building and granted them permission to come and go as they please onto the property to investigate these complaints.

That financing worked because I was initially purchasing it as a vacation home and the lower down payment was going to leave cash for renovations and furnishings.