Would you contact social services if you feared drug use/violence around children?

Best part of it, I was able to sell all the furniture after the house sold and made back most of the money whereas, if I'd hired a stager, that would have just come out of my bottom line.

I think a lot of new investors look at the allure of STR and see the big revenue numbers and forget how much damage your house and your furniture and your furnishings will take with guest after guest after guest staying in your houseIf you let your house and the furniture and the furnishings fall into a state of decay, what originally started as a big moneymaker will instead become a constant source of guest complaints and bad reviews and headaches and sleepless nights (for you & your guests!)

Sometimes you have to lock off certain areas of the house if the tenant has young children and there are usually two scheduled inspections per year plus one random plus any reinspections if and when they do find some required repairs you have to do. 

From furniture to linens.

It looks like they probably cannot afford the rent because they had a squatter style room setup: all mattresses were on the floor with no box spring or bed frames, lack of dressers or basic furniture in bedrooms, no place for clothes/clothes were piled on the floors, no decoration besides computer printed B&W images taped to the walls.3. 

Since I did not include furniture in the pictures I listed it at $20-30/night less than everyone else.

I did all the painting, and I moved in furniture for staging.

They are going to be some of the most restrictive investments you can make, sometimes even limiting what furniture and appliances you can use.

When it comes to painting, we want to get rid of all the wallpaper and paint through a neutral gray tone that should match with any furniture we (and future tenants) decide.