The BRRRR method and mid-term rentals are solid strategies, and you’ll find plenty of insights here to help guide your decisions.

They would never look at 99% of the 154 units that are listed on Zillow at any given time.I used this exercise to show how opportunities fall through the cracks & most investors make investment decisions based on bad or irrelevant data.

Here's two episodes I might start with on your STR/MTR decision journeyBuying in Overlooked Short-Term Rental Markets https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-948The Step-by-Step Guide to Building a Medium-Term Rental Empire https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/real-estate-780If you like those two episodes, please feel free to reach out to me for more, there's a good amount of STR/MTR BiggerPockets podcasts and content.

Persistence in reaching a supervisor or someone with decision-making authority can sometimes yield better results.Contact HUD and Explore Options: Immediately follow up with the HUD counseling representative.

Those decisions are really yours to make and are dependent on your goals.Hope that helps!

While I manage 65 or so units and we allow the owners to make that decision, I also own quite a few units myself. 

This allows me to make a full decision knowing the nature of the repairs, cost of repairs and have the ability to back out of my offer if there is a red flag or major foundation problem that increases my repair costs dramatically higher than I anticipated.

With the current market been short on single family homes in our area we have made a strategic decision to pivot back to flipping a few properties. 

This is better than not speaking with your aunt, letting the problem linger and likely worsen.From my experience, in New York, the ultimate decision will depend on many factors and Liberal judges (as told to me by others with way more experience in these matters) can rule in favor of someone with a sob story. i.e.

Every goal, decision, expectation, vision and operational decision has to be lock step with each other- and that isn't even discussing the money side of the agreement.