I loaned my friend some tools and my van, to do the home repairs in prep for house on the market (friend lives in PA -and I offered this)Unfortunately, the van got broken into - vandalized :)He had a high deductible so paid some cash and offered for me to take the boat instead of some random tow truck company.

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I’ll need to employ Claritin D as one of my tools.  

Here are some the things of which I'm aware that I'll need to consider: 1) business property (non-real) such as lawn care equipment, furniture, appliances (large and small), dishes, linens, tools used in the care of the property; 2) transition of internet presence and accounts (website hosting, domain name, social media, 3rd party booking sites - anything else); 3) deposits already received for future bookings; 4) a listing of contractors they use who are already familiar with the property; 5) a listing of any contracts that would carry over to the new owner;6) details and copies of any existing property management software.What else?

Do the homes on those DIY sites get propagated into whatever tool the real estate agents use?

I've arrived at the point where I just don't believe the sales pitches unless I talk with another agent who is seeing actual results.Sign on with a brokerage that has all the tech tools you need. 

You can buy FIVE million dollar properties ($200k down on each)+5% in LTV = ANOTHER MILLION DOLLAR PROPERTYHowever, Lenders love LOWER LTVs because the main tool to protect themselves if someone defaults on their loan (stops paying) is to foreclose on the property & take ownership.

Also though, I've reached out to John Bianchi (The AirBnB Data Guy and also the head of data for Techvestor) and I got his new analytics tool that he developed so that I can pull up actual STR data for any market. 

Is that a homegrown tool that you have worked on?

The benefit that this can create for you (with a couple downloads to excel) is an ongoing cash flow forecasting tool and a comparison of what you thought your cash flow should be to what it actually was.