It depends on how spot-on your cleaning team is. 5) Market, design, and amenities will win in the end to get bookings but customer experience will make it a long-term success. 

That was the encouragement I needed.

When I click on paint, its the same prices as if I was a regular customer.

One particular lender and when I say Lender, I’m talking about the individual loan officer that we have worked with in the past had a number of his Lending policies changed so we had to start using someone else when he did not have a product that fit .I realize that a number of the replies have come from lenders themselves so they’re looking for faithful customers.

Thank you for your words of encouragement!

Totally doable if that sounds like something you're willing to do.If you were looking to go that route, I'd recommend getting a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to keep track of leads and follow-ups.

Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

If its a very large property, you may also want to make sure you are marketing to any wedding, family reunion, corporate meeting/team building customers. 

The long term goal is to do custom homes, starting with spec builds.

As soon as you start discussing your business practice and strategies with your customers (tenants), then all bets are off and you run the risk of Fair Housing violations.