Forty years ago we had gurus, the difference was that the gurus then weren’t anywhere near as polished, their sales/marketing system wasn’t any where near as refined, and that the most they ever hit you for was “a complete system represented by 3 workbooks and 24 cassette tapes’ valued and sold nationally for $999 but if you order in the next 24 hours you can have all this for $499”.

I'd like to see VRBO have the same polish as Airbnb.I guess we'll find out if these changes were worth it.

Sand, clean, seal and polish.

We'd just installed new carpet and found out a week or two later the tenant had spilled fingernail polish on it and left it to harden.

I build this rep for myself not because I am good at it, but because I help people understand how it works.Do the same, and you too shall become the expert in your space.Now you have a credible website, and you have polished social media accounts.Look into facebook ads, PPC, tiktok youtube, and SEOThere is where you start and this is the ONLY way to do it reliably with predictable success without having to resort to strategies with less than a 0.1% success rate.The result?

I have also considered having the concrete polished but there are a few spots that have patches and/or  leveler and I am not sure how well it would come out?

Nicholas First I want to thank you for all of the help you've been providing to so many people here on Bigger Pockets this string of messages is a huge wealth of knowledge all in itself.I know one of the biggest mistakes you've mentioned that people make is the failure to establish an in service date for the rental property early, I may have made this mistake but I want to check to see if you think I'm technically covered or not.I closed on a property in October and the house overall is a solid property, just lipstick and polish needed for the most part to get it up to speed.

My advice to you is to polish your skill set and refine your goals.

Sellers aren't always convinced by slick, polished "pitches", investors who claim to be there to "help" them, billboards telling them that the company buys ugly houses, or computer generated offers at 85% of market value.  

In polished chrome, with a pull-out spray that keeps things streamlined.