The hospitality industry lobbied pretty hard for that to happen to give them an edge since those are areas where hotels are located as opposed to residential zones. 

Worthy noting it's close to light industrial and downtown commercial, albeit a small town.We will likely buy and hold until I can do a refi and add to the portfolio.Its the main house large 3br, 2, 2br and 9 1br.

Or do their job and come up with a new strategy to get qualified tenants in.I know quite a few people in the property mgmt, and there are certainly some great ones, but also ALOT of lazy ones, just like in many different service industries. particularly with larger companies with lots of employees

LolCR is a little sleepier than I'm used to, but I like that it's pretty much stable, folks are nice, and it has diversification in industry.

Are there any tried and true/ industry standard sites, forums, etc. where those looking to avoid capital gains look for investment properties?  

Someone will try to tackle this industry--we're motivated to be the ones to take a shot at it.Our product and experience are not fit for everyone and it's, by no means, as great as an experience as we'd hope.

@Ed Henson REI Nation has one of the best reputations in the industry:)You may also want to look at the Detroit market!

You have a lot of empathy that many in this industry lack.

I'd like to pursue sales, and for a while I thought I'd be looking in the tech industry.

I hope this give you a better insight as to how the industry works.