But they can't come to part with it and don't really trust handing it off to some PM to run it for STR that doesn't have "skin in the game". 

One of the side benefits is that the tenants now have skin in the game so to speak, and my gas bills have gone down a bit.What kind of heating system do you have in your property?

Myself I had my title company pull every NOD in the MSA which was 4 counties 2.5 mil people. create a spread sheet and they would up date it daily as new NOD's came in.they would give me address  lien position  tax information and lien judgment search.. having our title plants digitized and off shore allows for this data to be gotten in a few clicks.. then when I got my short list I would give them that list about 48 hours before the sale and they would do a date down for me on those..

See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy+tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.

Please provide me with a correct address to send my billable hours.It's real estate related so, as you know, it's always nothing until closing.

At the same time we addressed all back payments for back taxes and liens.

I put $2000 down to have skin in the game.

now to address the cash flow.  

 Hey, This is a unique situation, I purchased my second property in June 2024, a single-family home that used to be a duplex, and is still zoned as a duplex ( remains 2 addresses).

Alas the opposite is true.The hypocrisy of people crying for a green world yet don't put any effort into addressing this issue is astounding. most flippers don't even pull permits!