Any decent Contractor can generally buy products for much less than you anyway, and even if you find a special deal on, let's say, Doors and Windows...who is going to take charge of delivery, unloading, storage, security, warranty and all that?

They can unload immediately and not be subject to the volatility of the asset.

A previous Client and employer of mine came to me wanting to unload a property.

You could tear out everything and spray the lumber with Monterey Consan 20 (I used it in Louisiana after the flood of 2016).

Quote from @Don Miller: Internal lumber and roof sheathing in. 

I could maybe sign up with that theory if the GPs were using the side hustle money as a way of cutting or eliminating their fees & salaries altogether while they try to hang in long enough to hope for enough rate cuts to refinance or the market to unfreeze and let them unload at least at break-even, but I bet none of them do anything of the kind. 

A STR is both a business and a real estate investment.Having little oversight on a newly formed business would make me anxious also.As others have suggested, you should consider going to the area for the initial items(Purchase, renovation, etc).Once you buy 1-2 properties, you can look to unload these items to someone else.Best of luck

The Hedge Funds use the NPN Note Educators to find students/investors to buy the individual notes that the Hedge Funds want to unload quickly.The properties are generally in "unprofitable"  zip codes. 

My oldest daughter left FSU in March but still had to pay the remainder of her lease through the summer.I wonder if some owners are worried about this upcoming school year and unloading part of their portfolio to prepare for the uncertainty ahead.My experience has been as follows:-100% rent payment for March, April, May, June, July for ~160 students.-99% leased for next year (100% at this time last year). 

We just wanted to unload the cost of the fees.