Alternatives include the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy and flipping.

After that, you know the process and can actually make it worth your while to pursue collectable tenants for the money they owe you.The alternate option with the PM is to first threaten them with reporting to the Real Estate Commission and then if they don't play ball actually report them to the commission.

You can use this to help offset expenses if something bad happens while you begin the process of taking back your house.There are certainly risks involved, but you seem to imply that this is likely the best deal that you will get so you need to weight the pros/cons and see if it is a good fit for you.The alternative is to ask if instead of doing the deal sub2, if the buyer is willing to buy the home on a wrap. 

Go build your own MLS alternative.

Alternatively, you could reimburse the account shortage now and ask for an escrow re-analysis based on the new tax/insurance annual payments.Check your closing disclosure from when you purchased.

This approach involves work and risk 3) alternate rent models such as STR, MTR, rent by bedroom.  

You upgrading the property, thus increasing the value which in turn could push out the current tenants, contributes to the vitality of that free market, a market that gives the tenants alternative options. 

Alternatively, you transfer the $1,000 rent to mgt company which records it as revenue, just like you would.

I wanted to reach out and ask what other alternatives to Stessa are out there.

any simple alternate solutions you can think of?