For the painting, you can deduct it along with other furnishings and decorations that you've included in the STR to make it ready and available for tenants.

They are decorated in a very stylish manner. 

Change light fixtures, accent walls with pops of paint color / board baton wall or two, updated decor. 

There are places you can save money, but your furniture and decor look cheap and not screaming dream and fantasy.

And mail you send normally will not have that unique decoration attached, so you would also have to deal with that somehow.

You can change the decor, theme out the garage and bedrooms to attract guests. 

To focus on providing higher end service to my clients than a typical lightly decorated place and over communicate to establish regular stays!

You cannot simply buy a house, all white walls, plain or no decor, boring photos, the listing you create not maximized and just because we bought a house think we are then entitled to bookings.

Brightened the property with white paint throughtout; secured statement pieces in lighting and decor; selected attractive art and other decorative pieces What was the outcome?

Happy to help with a little more detail.Ideally the property would be fully turnkey, but if its a good deal and the property needs a little work meaning a visual touch up like painting, decorating, or basic woodwork like some shelves; I have somebody to help me with that.