Hello fellow investors, how much do you typically spend to fully furnish a 3-bedroom, 2-bath STR home, and what effective strategies have you used to keep furnishing costs down?

My question is what are typical things you look for in a "good" title company?

-Typical payor mix (private pay vs Medicaid) and target occupancy-Are you doing conversions or ground-up, and what deal sizes you like?

What I'm getting at here is in my previous market essentially anything in a C+ area with a 10% cap rate on a 20% down mortgage would be a sure fire sale.

So this is somewhat of a personal question.I am selling my Primary and moving to a condo on the beach - recently empty nest and dont need the space ... It should sell around 1.2M and I dont have a mortgage - so the pr...

.- They charge me for getting estimates, even though PMs typically get them for free because of their volume.- They don’t get second estimates, so I can’t be sure their pricing is competitive.- They won’t visit the property to assess issues in person.- Refused to do rental showings despite written permission from my long-term existing tenant.

The October 2025 report from the Austin Board of REALTORS® shows a market continuing to follow its typical fall rhythm, with stable pricing, steady buyer activity, and rising inventory across both Austin and the greater metro area.

I essentially want to be able to marry the data easily from Buildium to quickly so I get a full financial view of my business.

Bo, that’s a complex situation — when a trust has no active trustee and the bank steps in as successor, it can really complicate creative-finance structures like subject-to.From what I’ve seen, the biggest hurdle is title and consent: most title companies won’t insure a transfer until the bank legally conveys or forecloses, and the lender typically won’t approve a title transfer that keeps their note in place.Some investors will sometimes use short-term bridge capital (through escrow only) to secure control once title clears — essentially a timing solution rather than a workaround for lender consent.Definitely worth looping in a title company that’s handled estate or trust transfers under distress.

It’s typically 14–16%, though hosts with Super Strict cancellation policies may pay an additional 2%, and fees for stays of 28 nights or more may be less.Most hosts currently on the single-fee structure will soon start paying a new single rate of 15.5%, while hosts with listings in Brazil will continue to pay a 16% fee.