One reason for that is that new agents will not (most likely) have the consistent and steady business at their stage in the industry simply due to the fact that they have not been around long enough to create a clientele or referral base that more experienced realtors will have.

Photos are easy to stage, and a month later you come down and realize you actually paid for different corners of the same room.

At each stage make the contractor and EVERY subcontractor sign a "Conditional Lien Release" for each progress payment made.  

I am wondering if I should do a virtual staging of the property to show the space before lowering it.

The Universal Class link offers courses like landlord 101, How to Prepare, Stage and Sell Your Home, Timeshare Basics.

Provably most effective are letters which address a single issue that is encountered by the PR at that stage of probate. 

I'm not sure what your current experience level is, but through volunteering with this organization I was able to get hands on experience at various stages of construction of new homes.

Newark is always in a gentrification stage and hopefully, someday it will become a reality.

The summary is:-They've been around for 12 years, have $27m in assets (so this is definitely still in experimental stages)-They used to have a refi alternative but now have a product where they double your down payment in exchange for money back + X% of the gain in home value-The specific example given was doubling a 10% downpayment on a $650K home in exchange for the $65K back and 35% of the gains (but you can take up to 30 years to sell the house)I've come across several startups offering deals like this and I'm curious what more experienced SFR investors think. 

I think the furnishing would work if you were renting out a furnished unit to begin with, or had a bunch of inventory on hand already for staging.