The purpose of investing in a syndication is to leverage the sponsor's time, expertise and ability to source great deals, but if the experience is going to cause you to lose sleep at night, the return may not be worth it.

Based on my experience, it’s often not worth the time and expense because appeals frequently lead to no change in the tax assessment.

Wouldn't buy leads from them. 

So it serves multiple purposes and I would strongly encourage it

Whats the purpose you are refinancing?

You could also bring on a business partner that specializes in sales/marketing to lead that side of the business

I wrote the above for informational purposes.

However, I shudder at the popular suggestion to sell some of your investments for tax purposes, often coming from commission-based brokers and financial advisors.

I know some landlord's show up with something for them to sign or fill out that they previously (on purpose) forgot to give them, but you could also just be upfront and say a visit is part of your screening process - you check the condition of the rooms to see how the unit is being taken care of.

Pretty much the core of the STR business.Higher your rank gets, you can increase your price and be more picky in selecting customers which usually lead to a better review / less party or complaints / less expense and higher profit with a happy life.I know some people will argue, but the ranking system is the truth and should be the only guide to your STR journey.