Although , double closing is more expensive , I feel it’s a little more legitimate than assigning.

You can literally search keywords on Zillow and put in furnished and short term friendly or furnished and Airbnb and see what pops up.BH

They assign issues to either the tenant or the owner. 

Depending on your long term goals I wholesale and use the assignments fees to buy free and clear properties and I use creative marketing to buy and keep in my portfolio. 

I believe it is completely reasonable to have a clause in your lease that places a cap on utilities with any overage (proven by a bill) being the responsibility of the resident.Our clause states that any electrical bill (we don't have gas, and water has never been a problem) that is over double the same month's bill from last year will have the overage assigned as a fee.It is important to keep your bookkeeping straight if you do assess a fee.

The one thing I am unsure about is how earnest money works when you have yet to find a willing buyer to assign the contract to?

The algorithm scans keywords in your listing description and even the alt text of your photos to determine relevance.For example:A picture of a game room could land in the "Play" category if the photo’s alt text is labeled something like: “Amazing game room with ping pong and pool table.”A picture of a beautiful view of land with the alt text being “Beautiful view of the countryside”Your photos can do more than look good—they can strategically get your listing into multiple categories by including targeted alt-text descriptions.The more categories you rank in, the more visibility your listing gets, leading to more clicks and higher rankings in Airbnb search results.Testing and Improving Your CTROnce your photos are optimized, it’s time to test their impact.

I need to buy at 75% of ARV - Repair-Assignment fee.

Title company that does assignments ?

We require them to provide us copies of their licenses and be added to their liability insurance before assigning them any work.