It is not based in the US, so some of the language of the templated messages can be a little off, but I think you should tweak your messages to suit your style and property, regardless of the platform you use.

Two things you will learn if you do this long enough: people always act in what they perceive to be their own self interest, and renters will tell you any ******** they think justifies their position.

It would feed out to all the other sites that prospective tenants will be using but you should get enough traffic from just using Zillow Group and maybe FB Marketplace.I tell all my clients that it's not worth it in the current market to bother with the MLS. 

I agree with Bill on talking to your PM-they should be telling you what they think market rent is.

Keep politics off this site man.

The goal is not to get the right answers, it's to ask the right questions that will lead  to the answers.Make sure to find the property manager on site and see if you can ask them some questions as wellGino

I do think in my opinon most will require at least 20% down though.

I'm also moving to the MTR strategy as we go to the fall/winter seasons here in Denver. 4 months out of the year it's reeeaaal slow as an STR, but MTR strat could keep things more afloat.Cheers,Ian Thankfully I think our seasonality in Raleigh is not as severe.

I do know that the seller is older and looking to get out of the business after 38 years but he still has a mortgage on the car washes so I don't think seller financing would even be an option unfortunately.

We’ve done our research and there are no other short term rentals that offer an on-site gym or exercise room.