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.

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

Just like a normal turn over all that was really involved was a quick refresh of the apartment a light cleaning and that's it.

Updating all the mechanicals, refinishing the wood flooring, adding a 1/2 bath, flipping the kitchen from the existing kitchen into the dining room to make it more usable, updating the full bath, and adding a garage as well as painting throughout.

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

My husband and I purchased a 2 family house that was fully occupied with tenants, intending to live in the first floor.

I have a basic floor plan I'm looking to build and adapt to the right lot (see attached images).

I will have to provide and buy all the finishing (cabinets, countertops, tile, flooring, etc), but they demo and install everything.For the garage conversion, including the walk-in pantry and 2 bedrooms, the mini-split system, taking out the garage door and framing it and adding siding to look like the rest of the house, and add 1 window in each bedroom, the quote was $40k.I would love to get your opinions.  

Put in new fixtures and flooring.