In Cheyenne, furnished rentals near the hospital can get leased at a premium to traveling nurses in about 3 month intervals.

We've furnished homes like this a bunch and one thing I would look out for is cell service in the area, internet outages, and GPS directions to the property.

Is there anyone that I can refer that specializes in short term rentals with furnished SFHs in Chicago Western Suburbs? 

It's death by a thousand cuts getting a property renovated, furnished, and STR ready.

Do not furnish the home like a staged home to sell.

To fight this from a tax perspective, you want to see if bonus depreciation/immediate write off is available for the items that you furnish the house with.Also, doing a cost segregation on a future house may potentially be worth-while to guarantee no passive income for a number of years.of course, it all depends on the numbers and your tax situation.

A lease would mean the property manager furnishes the property, pays all taxes , insurance and maintenance.

You initially can use it as a LTR, but if the MTR market is hot, you can always put it on furnished finder and rent it to nurses.

They say they will pay me market rent for my home, not charge any fees, and then furnish and maintain the home while renting it out to corporate travelers.

Don't even think for corp/furnished rental.