It’s time to replace one of those higher cost items in a rental: the air conditioning system.

That being said, I seem to be doing better than most.I had a couple large ticket items to fix last year that really ate into my profits, but I still ended up positive and with a great retreat from the city that pays for itself.

Once these items clear they are generally final.

Condition of sale is one of the adjustment items for appraisal. 

Being a "Hockey Dad" and some other charity things, I've seen when a STR get's put up for auction for a fund raiser, and there always a red-hot item. 

Anyone that has sold items privately would have countered any offer. 

In spite of these two items, VRBO would not remove the review.  

General house cleaning is a no-brainer, but other items are going to depend on seller's pocketbook and our prioritization of these prep items to the overall sale probability in the first 14 days of the listing. 

When we were focused on rental arbitrage we had our system down to furnishing a property in 2-3 days once all items have been delivered .

.- related to item 1, make sure you do conservative underwriting on sustained expenses.