I like to have the lender call the listing agent directly to vouch for the pre-approval letter so they've heard a human voice and know it's not some unreachable person.As far as listing a house that needs updates, make it as clean and uncluttered as possible inside and out, we always stage (can be simple and DIY, makes a big difference) and do pro photos, and figure out what the house has going for it and what it could have that buyers love (great yard?

You're the one left explaining to someone paying $1000 night why your cleaners didn't show up, or interviewing bachelors who want to have the final blowout in your $1mil house, or trying to figure out if the new college grads wanting to rent your place will have a 1000 person rave in it...and you're left cleaning up the beer cans left over. 

Turning over the unit 10 times a year is going to GREATLY increase your cleaning expenses.

Ever since reading The Book on Rental Property Investing and learning of BP, I have devoured countless hours of the BP podcast and have been accumulating real estate books faster than I can read (currently have 5 waiting on the shelf as I read David Greene's Long-Distance Real Estate Investing).

The best I have seen for the process once you find your market is the BRRR book where David Greene talks about the "core 4".

@Jonathan Greene Great advice! 

Are you running out in the middle of the day/night to clean it up so someone doesn't slip? 

If you are just cleaning it up and moving in, selling, or renting you could use a Vacant dwelling form. 

Hi, fellow STR investorsI have a question on systemizing the ordering, distributing and monitoring cleaning and kitchen supplies for STR operation and would love to hear your inputs:As my portfolio increases, I start to have issues on providing and restocking supplies for cleaners.

If you haven’t read @David Greene book on BRRRR investing, go ahead and start there.