Find a good deal (discounted property)Line up your contractor + scope of workFund the deal → fix → sellIf you’d like, I can help walk you through the funding side.

I use Minoan all the time for their discounts but never for their interior design.  

Focus on finding deeply discounted properties.

You should get AT LEAST a 10% discount for tenant occupied properties.

They give you discounts on West Elm, Pottery Barn, etc and a membership is free if you have a business.  

Is it to get a steep discount?

So my cost structure may be different than your market plus I get some volume discounts.  

And yet, the platform is still recommending pricing that’s significantly higher than what other units are going for – likely because it doesn’t factor in discounts and last-minute deals being manually added by other hosts.Meanwhile, it feels like we’re in a race to the bottom.

I would for sure checkout the zip codes 45439 and 45409 based on my preliminary look if you want to be in the heart of the city but don't discount the suburbs especially if you are looking to invest in SFH. 

One of the things few people will tell you is that finding a property whose owner is willing to sell off market and with significant discount is where you will hit a brick wall most of the time.