Also many flippers are buying now simply for tax write off purposes. 

It simply was no longer worth it and we jumped too.

Dismissing any marketing strategy simply because it doesn't align with your business model is unreasonable.

Or is it simply per business type?

So the pro tip is answer the phone even if you cant talk you simply say Hey I cant talk but wanted to acknowledge your call can I call you back IN ?

If you wait to place it in service until 2025 (or it simply is not ready until 2025) and you do meet material participation for 2025 - you can use bonus depreciation in 2025 but at 40% instead of 60%.

Tenants leave the 15th and I plan to patch holes that evening and paint + hire cleaner on the 16th and have new tenants move in the 17th. 

Even after that time passes it depends on the state what actions you may take but in my state for a relatively modest fee you simply have a constable post a notice and physically remove them 10 days later.

If your walls are chipped, scratched, or full of nail holes and screws, then it won't look that attractive and tenants will assume you don't care if the walls are chipped, scratched, or full of holes.

I have had them as well when home inspectors simply do not know the code and we are butting heads..