We use Streamline PMS and they have options for STR and MTR, however Streamline is a very sophisticated expensive software designed for medium to large property managers.If you are self managing 1 unit (or a few) you should be able to use the settings on Airbnb/VRBO to make specific length of stay requirements/pricing etc. 

we're about to get started with our first, so trying to learn what we might not know in order to streamline things as much as possible (especially since we don't live in the city where our MTR is)thanks!

There are service providers who make setting up and maintaining an LLC a streamlined and well-guided process. 

Since our rehabs generally have the same basic components - new like-wood vinyl flooring, new HVAC, updated kitchen and bath, new paint, new tin roofs etc -  we can get wholesale pricing on many items and streamline our process to keep man-hours down.

Like, whats the best color to use, or one piece standup showers vs bathtubs, or colored tiles, appliances, cabinets.If you have a streamlined system or a formula that always yields good results, would you mind sharing it with a beginner investor?

But finding the right deal, generating funding for each flip, finding the right contractors takes some time and yes when you have an eye for what a good deal is, the streamlining of processes help.

I myself try to keep things as streamlined as possible. 

The allure of guru's and their systems is the hope to follow a streamlined system ... the hope for the quickest path to riches.WHO RIPPED WHOM OFF?

Your mailings need to streamlined, targeted, and drilled down to a specific location or seller demographic.  

There has to be some movers and shakers from the area.