Regarding selling these, there is a mortgage note forum here that you can learn to see who the players are in the space. 

“Josh, I feel you on this one—it’s a tough spot to be in, but let me tell you, these situations are where the real players in this game prove their mettle.

Memphis has a diversified economy, with major players in logistics (FedEx, UPS), healthcare (the Med District), and education (University of Memphis, Rhodes College).

There have been some big players entering the PM market and a lot more interest in acquisitions of smaller PM operations.

(Finance of America, Civic Financial, a few other players) They raised rates on there 30Y product about two weeks ago.

If you can network and find local players (FB groups, meetups) that could help speed it up

Then there's misaligned incentives players in the construction industry may make more money the longer a project takes to get completed. 

Interesting - I have been investing in Philly for 8 years, run a  group of 2500 small landlords, speak at lots of events, know and network with many of the players  . . . but never heard of him before.

Connect with a few players who know your submarkets like the back of their hand, and suddenly you’re not the lone wolf trying to move product.

However The barrier to entry in the REI teaching business is very low and a lot of bad players join the game.What you describe led me to come up with Ned's Rule of Gurus.The quality of an REI course is inversely proportional to the price