I can buy a house for 25k.We just bought a DWMH with land for 6k from a motivated seller.Put that money to better use like purchasing a list of owners and doing some direct marketing.Drive for dollars in your town and look for distressed or vacant houses, MH's, Land and send the owner a letter.

They wait for a property "to be ready to show" before they list it.

We also have it listed for rent on several other platforms like apartments.com, hotpads, tulia, zumper, etc.

I don’t have a list of vendors that will jump my property to the head of the line for repairs 24/7. 

Assumed purchase price at asking, got the rent roll from the listing agent, currently rented 0% vacancy, and made some assumptions on taxes, owner paid utilities, etc.

I double check our listing and see that we do say pet friendly for 2 dogs, but I didn't list the pet fee in the description.

Building a relationship with a good broker is key to getting on their list. 

Background context:I have a 805 credit score, low DTI and attempting to secure the lowest cash out refi to pay off a debt ($50k). My broker is saying the broker fee is a standard $3000 amount bc the amount requested i...

I didn’t get the listing and commission.

That said, the key - number one role, of any STR is to optimize revenue and STR is all about marketing and positioning the offer (the listing) - getting the pricing, photos, and copy correct in addition to delivering an A+ experience.