My thought is that no matter how nice we make this house, we likely will not get a top-tier tenant, but if we purchased a few houses in a  nicer neighborhood, we would have the potential of attracting better tenants. 

I would like to get a good feel for what attracts tourist, business people, medical workers and what kind of STR they desire.  

I've been looking at Norristown as a prospect for a first multifamily rental, and the cashflow and price points are  attractive.

Ancillary skills (web design, marketing, etc)? 

You would be purchasing a completed property that is being designed as an investment product. 

I think this would depend greatly on the type of location you have and the tenant type it would attract. 

Hi guys, I'm a project manager/interior designer recently moved to Sacramento, CA looking for some motivated people to partner with and do some deals.

My gut feeling is that something like this could be great to have in an attraction-dense area for a luxury STR, but it's usefulness would be diminished going outside of that specific use case.

Locations are not important as long as they on board remotely/online and have a strong "online friendly" presence that can satisfy most general banking needs (attractive ach fees, online check deposit, ect). 

Professional stagers pay attention to things like smell and choose scents that people are attracted to that say ‘home.’